From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glyn Millington Subject: Re: org-plus-contrib fails to compile Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 19:23:07 +0100 Message-ID: <87o9hz5j78.fsf@nowhere.org> References: <87lgd3vjag.fsf@nowhere.org> <877eonxnmf.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: glyn@millingtons.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fDa1Z-0006SG-Qk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2018 14:29:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fDa1W-0004tw-Fv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2018 14:29:13 -0400 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:48577) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fDa1W-0004tI-6V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 May 2018 14:29:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877eonxnmf.fsf@gmail.com> (Tim Cross's message of "Wed, 02 May 2018 04:00:08 +1000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Tim Cross Cc: Emacs-orgmode Tim Cross writes: > I found this will most often occur because you have org loaded > before you try to do the upgrade. Basically, org gets confused > because of having an already loaded version while trying to > install a new version. > > I was seeing this quite often. Once I re-arranged by init file > to ensure that I can do a package upgrade before org is loaded, > all works fairly reliably. > > An easy way to 'fix' the problem is to just delete the > org-plus-contrib directory from your ELPA directory, then > restart emacs. Your emacs will probably downlload and install > the package during startup. Just make sure your org setup comes > after your package setup. Thanks Tim and Bastien, The 'fix' works - will check the sequence of events in init.el again. with best wishes Glyn