I too had this problem. Not wanting to leave the package installation wedged, I put these 3 lines in a file at /usr/share/emacs20/site-lisp/ansi-color.el :
;;workaround for ansi-color not being in emacs20, but needed by python-mode.el (provide 'ansi-color) (defun ansi-color-filter-apply (x) x) and now everything seems to be OK (dselect and apt are happy). I have not extensively tested python mode in emacs{20,21}, so YMMV. -Tim Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]