[ESS-bugs] ess-mode 12.03; broken customize interface

[Rodney Sparapani]

Sebastian P. Luque wrote:
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> To reproduce:
>
> emacs -Q
> (require 'ess-site)
> (customize-group 'ESS)
> [go to the right arrow for `ess-first-tab-never-complete' and hit RET
> to customize]
>
> the message "Symbol's function definition is void: nil" appears in echo
> area, and the whole option specification details are eliminated from the
> customization buffer.
>
> [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
> (S): ess-s-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
>  
> (R): ess-r-versions-create making M-x defuns for 
>  R-2.14.0
>  R-devel
>
>
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10)
>  of 2012-03-21 on trouble, modified by Debian
> Package: ess-mode 12.03
>
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
>  ess-language "Initial"
>  ess-dialect nil
>  ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
>  ess-ask-about-transfile nil
>  ess-directory nil
>  ess-keep-dump-files "always"
>  ess-source-directory "~/Scripts/R"
>  )
>   
Works for me with 12-03-r4729 and
GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll 
bars) of 2011-05-03

I don't want to jump to conclusions (but, I will anyways :o)
I see you have "modified by Debian".  In my experience,
Debian does very weird things to emacs.

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