I followed the instructions and I did that.
Then I started a new session with it installed which is when I got the bug.

On 15 July 2013 16:43, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Paul Whipp <paul.whipp@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > If I use the package installer to upgrade org I get version 8.0.4 but
> > it then fails to complete my initialisation with: "Symbol's function
> > definition is void: org-defvaralias"
>
> If you use the package installer, you need to install Org in a fresh
> Emacs session, where no Org feature has been loaded.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
>  Bastien
>