On 2021-05-11 19:06, Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> The type of error you appear to be seeing is common with a broken
> install. In your config, are you installing org from orgmode.org or
> melpa rather than just using the version bundled with Emacs 27.2? If so,
> it is likely that you have a 'mixed' install. This can happen if org is
> loaded when you try to install or update the org version. A common
> problem is not realising that something in your init file is causing org
> to be loaded during startup - then when you try to do a package update,
> you get a broken build.

Thank you for the suggestion. I reinstalled org-mode and it seems to
have fixed the problem.

Best,

Alan