Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory

[Robert J. Chassell]

Today's CVS snapshot, Fri, 2003 Mar 28  14:53 UTC
GNU Emacs 21.3.50.253 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
configured with  --with-x-toolkit=gtk
started with

     /usr/local/bin/emacs -q --no-site-file --eval '(blink-cursor-mode 0)'


When I run `C-x C-v' (find-alternate-file)
Emacs does not switch files, but gives me this error message:

    call-interactively: Symbol's value as variable is void: dired-directory


After I evaluate

    (setq dired-directory nil)

I am able to find an alternate file using `C-x C-v'. 


To reproduce: visit a file: 

    C-x C-f foo RET

Then try to visit an alternative file:

    C-x C-v bar RET

-- 
    Robert J. Chassell                         Rattlesnake Enterprises
    http://www.rattlesnake.com                  GnuPG Key ID: 004B4AC8
    http://www.teak.cc                             address@hidden