will not install from apt-get

[Michael Brunton-Spall]

Currently running dapper.

did apt-get install php-mode for php mode supported behaviour in emacs.
Got the following messages...

Setting up php-mode (0.1-1) ...
install/php-mode: Handling install for emacsen flavor emacs21
Wrote /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/php-mode/php3-mode.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/php-mode/php-mode.el:
  !! Wrong type argument ((stringp nil))
Done
emacs-package-install: /usr/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/php-mode emacs21 emacs21 failed at /usr/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install line 30, <TSORT> line 1.
dpkg: error processing php-mode (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 php-mode
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Lothar Braun (typecast)]

This is still a problem on edgy.

[speeves (speeves)]

This patch will fix it:
--- php-mode.emacsen-install.orig 2007-02-08 01:07:16.000000000 -0600
+++ php-mode.emacsen-install 2007-02-08 00:57:19.000000000 -0600
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 if [ ${FLAVORTEST} = xemacs ] ; then
     SITEFLAG="-no-site-file"
 else
- SITEFLAG="--no-site-file"
+ SITEFLAG=""
 fi
 FLAGS="${SITEFLAG} -q -batch -l path.el -f batch-byte-compile"

Here are detailed instructions on how I modified the source and compiled the binaries:
http://speeves.erikin.com/2007/02/ubuntu-php-mode-fails-to-install.html

[Michael Bienia (geser)]

emacs-extra (0.1-1ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * debian/php-mode.emacsen-startup:
    Use php-mode instead of c-mode for files ending in .php (LP: #71581).
    (thanks to Michael Speer for the patch)
  * misc/std_comment.el:
    Fix time stamp problem in the template (LP: #67286).
  * debian/php-mode.emacsen-install:
    Fix installation problem with emacs21 (LP: #36055).
  * debian/control: Change Maintainer to XSBC-Original-Maintainer.

 -- Michael Bienia <email address hidden> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:24:31 +0200