Ubuntu
emacs22 package

Spell improperly configured

Bug #154989 reported by Luke Schlather
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
emacs22 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Michael Olson

Bug Description

Binary package hint: emacs22

Running M-x spell-buffer, emacs can't find spell, because ubuntu uses aspell, etc. I think spell check is something that should work out of the box, and this is a pretty simple fix, just replace with a spell program actually included in Ubuntu.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/emacs22

CVE References

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Michael Olson (mwolson) wrote :

Actually, it is best just to use ispell-buffer, since that supports the modern spell-variants much better. I'll check in a change that handles the error you get when running spell-buffer a bit better.

Changed in emacs22:
assignee: nobody → mwolson
status: New → In Progress
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Luke Schlather (luke2760) wrote :

Thanks. I realized that sometime after posting this bug. In any case, I'm certain I wouldn't be the last newbie to run into this bit of trouble.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package emacs22 - 22.1-0ubuntu10

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emacs22 (22.1-0ubuntu10) hardy; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Conflict and Replace emacs22-common-non-dfsg
    (LP: #172389). Thanks to Jamie Raymond for the report.
  * debian/emacs.prerm: Remove alternatives in reverse creation order
    (LP: #162932). Thanks to James Troup for the report.
  * debian/emacs.menu.in:
    - Use Applications/Editors instead of Apps/Editors as per menu policy.
    - Move menu definition for "emacs -nw" here, and delete
      emacs-common.menu.in. This way, if the user installs emacs22-nox,
      they will not have an unwanted menu item added (LP: #157984).
      Thanks to Ryan for the report.
  * debian/patches:
    - feature-spell-warning.diff: New patch that displays a warning when
      spell is used and the spell binary is not installed (LP: #154989).
    - fix-comint-sudo.diff: New patch that causes comint to recognize the
      sudo prompt used by Ubuntu (LP: #162890).
    - Rename CVE-2007-6109.diff to fix-format-overflow.diff so that it
      shows up in README.Debian. Add patch header as well.
    - fix-local-vars-security.diff: Add CVE ID.
  * debian/README.in:
    - Place Ubuntu rather than Debian in the header line.
    - Add link to further explanation for why we use a separate package.
    - Clarify what "this package" means.
    - Together this fixes LP: #180164. Thanks to era for the report and
      patch.
  * debian/rules: Don't build debian/emacs-common.menu and don't call
    dh_installmenu -i.

 -- <email address hidden> (Michael W. Olson (GNU address)) Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:00:57 -0500

Changed in emacs22:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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