Error running package-get in new xemacs-21.5.17

Adrian Aichner adrian at xemacs.org
Mon May 10 13:19:19 EDT 2004


Ed Avis <ed at membled.com> writes:

> To reproduce: build and install xemacs-21.5.17 with the default
> options.  (My system is Red Hat Linux 6.2 and the only argument I gave
> to configure was --prefix=$HOME.)  Then run xemacs -vanilla and say
>
> M-x package-get
>
> It prints an error in the minibuffer:
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: allow-remote-paths

Alas, automatic package installation is currently not possible without
efs  	To fetch the files from the FTP site or mirrors.
xemacs-base 	Needed by efs.
installed.

Please see
http://www.dk.xemacs.org/Documentation/packageGuide.html#Installing_automatically

-- 
Adrian Aichner
 mailto:adrian at xemacs.org
 http://www.xemacs.org/




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