Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:

> Sharon Kimble writes:
>> My emacs version is in the sig, and my org-version is "Org-mode
>> version 8.2.10 (8.2.10-23-g1ec416-elpaplus @
>> /home/boudiccas/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20141208/)" so we're
>> in agreement, but still it happens. I've checked everywhere in my
>> "init.org" and I don't have a spare "(require 'org)" floating
>> around, its not in there at all!
>
> You probably have another package installed via ELPA that requires Org.
> Currently there is no way to tell the package manager that
> org-plus-contrib does in fact provide plain org as well.
>
> Simply create a directory
>
> ~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-29991231
>
> and put a file named org-pkg.el in there with the following content:
>
> (define-package "org" "29991231" "Dummy package to satisfy dependencies on org" 'nil)
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
Thanks Achim.

That should do it! :) I did wonder what "29991231" meant until I
realised that it was the last day of the year 2999! Nice one!

Thanks
Sharon.
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