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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Cc: Bastien <bzg-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Invalid function: org-with-silent-modifications
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:22:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86fvsrixhb.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)

Hello,

Trying to provide batch Emacs/Org scripts to colleagues, I must ensure that
they have Org 8.

I wrote the following code so that users which have a default (Cygwin) Emacs
24.3.1 (with the default Org 7.9.3f) are proposed an upgrade through the
`package' manager:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/"))
(package-initialize)

;; version info
(let ((org-dir (file-name-directory (locate-library "org"))))
  (message "Org mode version %s (org @ %s)" (org-version) org-dir))

(unless (string-match "^8" (org-version))
  (message "This version of Org mode is no longer supported")
  (if (yes-or-no-p (format "Install package `%s'? " 'org))
      (ignore-errors
        (package-install 'org))
    (setq debug-on-error nil)
    (error "Please upgrade to 8 or later")))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Problem experienced by colleagues: "Invalid function:
org-with-silent-modifications".

Looking on the web, I find a post [1] where Bastien tells:

    When installing from ELPA, please do so from a fresh Emacs session where no
    Org function has been called.

That wasn't the case in the above code, as I first had to call `org-version' to
check for their current version, then install from ELPA if they don't have an
Org 8...

So,

- Is there a way to unload Org before installing from ELPA?  (= workaround)

or better:

- Is there a way to fix the problem?  (= solution)

Best regards,
  Seb

[1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/70880

--
Sebastien Vauban

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