I get this error when M-x erc-select and entered server, username and password:
Symbols function definition is void: oddp

My .emacs file is:
;; load paths
(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/erc")

;; erc
(require 'erc)

And, I have confirmed the erc path is correct. I don't understand the error message in line 2 of this article.
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Logan Lee wrote:
> I get this error when M-x erc-select and entered server, username and password:
> Symbols function definition is void: oddp
[...]
> And, I have confirmed the erc path is correct. I don't understand the
> error message in line 2 of this article.

the error message means that emacs is running code that contains the
function oddp, but oddp hasn't been defined.

you should download and install the latest stable version of erc. the erc
changelog has the following entry:

2006-01-28 Johan Bockgård <bojohan@users.sourceforge.net>

* erc.el (erc-format-message): More `cl' breakage; don't use
`oddp'.

so it's a known bug that has been squashed almost a year ago already.

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Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> writes:

> Logan Lee wrote:
> > I get this error when M-x erc-select and entered server, username and password:
> > Symbols function definition is void: oddp
> [...]
> > And, I have confirmed the erc path is correct. I don't understand the
> > error message in line 2 of this article.
>
> the error message means that emacs is running code that contains the
> function oddp, but oddp hasn't been defined.
>
> you should download and install the latest stable version of erc. the erc
> changelog has the following entry:
>
> 2006-01-28 Johan Bockgård <bojohan@users.sourceforge.net>
>
> * erc.el (erc-format-message): More `cl' breakage; don't use
> `oddp'.
>
> so it's a known bug that has been squashed almost a year ago already.
I have fixed the problem by adding the following to .emacs:
(load "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/erc/erc.el")

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