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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: "Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org>
Cc: Org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: HowTo: Upgrade org-mode installation from the command-line
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:10:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <874jblk4z9.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DS7PR20MB467194275718E8D22C76C17CBE102@DS7PR20MB4671.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>

"Cook, Malcolm" <MEC@stowers.org> writes:

> The section on org-mode [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation][Installation]] entitled "Using Emacs packaging
> system" might be improved with the following advice:

Thanks!

> Note: For the upgraded version to be loaded by emacs, you mush place
> `package-initialize` early in your init.el.  Failure to do so will
> result in the old system version to be loaded, as can be seen:

This is only true when running emacs -Q or emacs -q.
For normal emacs invocation, since Emacs 27, by default, Emacs calls
(package-initialize) automatically on startup.

> Note further that if the above upgrade command was done in an emacs
> shell buffer, you will need to restart emacs to pick up the updated
> package.  Failing to do so will result in `meta-x org-version`
> reporting the old version:
>
> #+begin_src src
> Org mode version 9.6.15 (release_9.6.15 @ /usr/local/share/emacs/30.0.50/lisp/org/)
> #+end_src
>
> but after restart with my init.el file it reports:
>
> #+begin_src src
> Org mode version 9.6.27 ( @ /home/mec/.dotfiles/emacs/.emacs.d/elpa/org-9.6.27/)
> #+end_src

Examples are probably a bit too much for the manual.
It should be sufficient to ask to restart existing Emacs sessions, if
any.

May you prepare a patch modifying doc/org-manual.org with your suggestions?
See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>,
or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2024-04-28 13:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-24 19:50 HowTo: Upgrade org-mode installation from the command-line Cook, Malcolm
2024-04-28 13:10 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-05-02 20:46   ` Cook, Malcolm
2024-05-03 12:28     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-05-03  5:37   ` Samuel Wales
2024-05-04  1:14     ` Samuel Wales

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