Re: Capture error

[tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye)]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>
>> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Nick,
>> >> 
>> >> I tried moving org-capture.elc out of the way and reloading Org, but
>> >> with the same results.  Starting emacs again didn't make a difference.
>> >> 
>> >> I'm still getting org-refile: Invalid function: with-demoted-errors
>> >> 
>> >
>> > But note the different error: now org-refile complains. It may have had
>> > the same compilation problem that the original function had. I'd suggest
>> > cleaning out all the .elc files, trying it, and if that succeeds, remaking
>> > from scratch.
>> 
>> Sharp eyes!  You must have been down this road before.
>> 
>> Yes, cleaning out the .elc files corrects the problem.  However, the
>> problem comes back with a new make update.
>> 
>> Thanks for your help and the interim solution.
>> 
>> Any idea if the compilation problem is something in my setup that I
>> should worry about? Or is it likely a problem with the Org build process
>> that will get ironed out?
>> 
>
> Not sure. I don't see the problem in my setup, and I believe you use emacs
> on a Mac, so it *may* be specific to your setup.
>
> OTOH, the with-demoted-errors calls were introduced recently, so there
> may be a more general problem that I might not see because of
> peculiarities in *my* setup.

Thanks for pointing me to the solution. The automated build was finding
the emacs that came with the Mac, which is apparently too old to know
about with-demoted-errors.  If I use local.mk to point to the emacs I'm
using from MacPorts, then do make update, all seems to be well.

All the best,
Tom

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