The second call is indeed needed. This is the case fixed by the patch:

(setq org-default-notes-file (expand-file-name "~/docs/notes.org"))
(setq org-capture-templates '(("t" "Todo" entry (file+olp
org-default-notes-file "Inbox") "* TODO %?\n%i")))

This breaks without the second symbol-value. The first is required to
replicate the intended functionality of bound-and-true-p.

YL

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:25 AM, Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Yuri Lensky <ydl@ydl.cm> writes:
>
> > Capture locations in variable not working before this patch.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Could you show an example demonstrating the issue? The only difference
> I can see with your patch is that you're referring to the global value
> of file, not the local one.
>
> > From c0de1c390b370b497fbb093ac5efd3d7aeaac0dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: "Yuri D. Lensky" <ydlensky@gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:58:15 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH] org-capture.el: Fix handling of variable capture
> location
> >
> > ---
> >  lisp/org-capture.el | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lisp/org-capture.el b/lisp/org-capture.el
> > index 9ac9294..04c446d 100644
> > --- a/lisp/org-capture.el
> > +++ b/lisp/org-capture.el
> > @@ -1060,7 +1060,8 @@ case, raise an error."
> >    (let ((location (cond ((equal file "") org-default-notes-file)
> >                       ((stringp file) (expand-file-name file
> org-directory))
> >                       ((functionp file) (funcall file))
> > -                     ((and (symbolp file) (bound-and-true-p file)))
> > +                     ((and (symbolp file) (boundp file) (symbol-value
> file))
> > +                      (symbol-value file))
>
> The second call to `symbol-value' is not needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Nicolas Goaziou
>