Subject: bug#16222: Installing ELPA packages complains about :keywords in define-package

From: Juanma Barranquero <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 02:42:57 +0100

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Leaving directory `/home/steve/.emacs.d/elpa/nlinum-1.1'
> Compiling file /home/steve/.emacs.d/elpa/nlinum-1.1/nlinum-pkg.el at Tue Dec
> 17 13:33:54 2013
> Entering directory `/home/steve/.emacs.d/elpa/nlinum-1.1/'
> nlinum-pkg.el:1:1:Warning: `"convenience"' is a malformed function
> Compiling file /home/steve/.emacs.d/elpa/nlinum-1.1/nlinum.el at Tue Dec 17
> 13:33:54 2013
> Compiling no file at Tue Dec 17 13:36:31 2013

The problem is not nlinum-specific. Installing anything from ELPA
complains about the :keywords in the define-package:

In toplevel form:
debbugs-pkg.el:1:1:Warning: `"comm"' is a malformed function

In toplevel form:
rainbow-mode-pkg.el:1:1:Warning: `"faces"' is a malformed function

etc.