This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #2729: 23.0.90; file-modes-symbolic-to-number: Parse error in modes near `g=' It has been closed by Chong Yidong . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Chong Yidong by replying to this email. -- 2729: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=2729 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems