geek rescue kit

After installing the latest ctafconf files from the subversion repository
creating new files in emacs fails. After I hit C-x f and entering the new
filename I get the error message "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" in the
minibuffer. This happens only if the filetype has a template in the
etc/emacs/templates dir.
Example:
test.h or test.java do not work
but test.cpp wrks without an failure.