At Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:43:46 -0700 (PDT), rustom wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2:10 am, Anselm Helbig +news2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > At Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:44:33 +0530, > > > > Rustom Mody wrote: > > > > > Just updating my own question: > > > when I do a C-x v v (vc-next-action) > > > which is supposed to be the most basic operation for checking in a file I get > > > > >  Wrong type argument: stringp, nil > > > > > So vc can be assumed to be a broken I guess? > > > > I had a similar problem. The cause was an old git.el I had lying > > around. You should check if vc-git works when you turn off all > > customization, i.e. with emacs -Q. Another possible source of old git > > support files might be your OS. Debian and friends automatically > > install git support for emacs along with the git package. Loading it > > is disabled here for Emacs 23, though (Ubuntu Jaunty). > > > > HTH, > > > > Anselm > > > > -- > > Anselm Helbig > > mailto:anselm.helbig+news2...@googlemail.com > > Thanks! That tracked it --that is vc works with emacs -Q and fails > without. > But now how to track where the problem is? > I can hardly use emacs with -Q !! Well, try emacs -q (no .emacs loading) and emacs --no-site-file (no loading of site-specific customizations). What does M-x locate-library vc-git give you? -- Anselm Helbig mailto:anselm.helbig+news2009@googlemail.com