http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1175487 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1175487#c22 --- Comment #22 from Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.com> --- Just tried a few packages from elpa .... installing works flawless but delete shows Delete package ?xpm-1.0.4?? y Saving file /suse/werner/.gnu-emacs-custom... Wrote /suse/werner/.gnu-emacs-custom Package ?xpm-1.0.4? deleted. package--with-response-buffer-1: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil Install package ?async-1.9.3?? y Saving file /suse/werner/.gnu-emacs-custom... Wrote /suse/werner/.gnu-emacs-custom Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443 [2 times] Parsing tar file...done Extracting...done INFO Scraping files for async-autoloads.el... Generating autoloads for async-bytecomp.el...done Generating autoloads for async-pkg.el...done Generating autoloads for async-test.el...done Generating autoloads for async.el...done Generating autoloads for dired-async.el...done Generating autoloads for smtpmail-async.el...done INFO Scraping files for async-autoloads.el...done Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/async-autoloads.el [2 times] Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... [2 times] Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/async-bytecomp.elc Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... [2 times] Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/async-test.elc Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/async.elc Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/dired-async.elc Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... Wrote /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3/smtpmail-async.elc Checking /suse/werner/.emacs.d/elpa/async-1.9.3... Done (Total of 5 files compiled, 2 skipped) The error has been thrown by package--with-response-buffer-1 which is the common lisp function defined in lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el and used by the macro package--with-response-buffer -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.