Re: [Orgmode] Problems Compiling 6.02b

[Ian Barton]

Thanks Carsten,

I only have one version of org-agenda.elc on the computer. I don't 
actually use Planner, but had the package installed from a long time ago 
when I was trying it out.

Removing the Planner package fixes the error, so problem solved!

Ian.

> I believe this has to do with the fact that ad-to-diary-list is being 
> renamed to diary-add-to-list, and some confusion with the macro declare 
> function.
>
> The bug seems to happen in the line when org-exp.el does (require 
> 'org-agenda).
>
> Things work fin on my system, I see that you also run planner, maybe 
> there is an old org-agenda.elc file on the path.
>
> Try to make sure that the directory with the lisp files from the org 
> distribution is in the search path before any other directories that may 
> hold old org files.
>
> Otherwise, I have no idea since I cannot reproduce this.... :-(
>
> - Carsten
>
> On May 8, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Ian Barton wrote:
>
> > > This is strange. I have various computers running Ubuntu Hardy and 6.02b
> > > has installed fine on all of them except one. I get the following error
> > > when compiling:
> > >
> > > Loading 00debian-vars...
> > > No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50autoconf.el (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50dictionaries-common.el (source)...
> > > Loading debian-ispell...
> > > Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-default.el
> > > (source)...
> > > Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el 
> > > (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacs-goodies-el.el (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50emacspeak.el (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50muse-el.el (source)...
> > > Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/muse-el/muse-autoloads.el 
> > > (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/50psvn.el (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/51planner-el.el (source)...
> > > Loading /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp/planner-el/planner-autoloads.el
> > > (source)...
> > > Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/52remember-el.el (source)...
> > > Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/remember-el/remember-autoloads.el
> > > (source)...
> > >
> > > In toplevel form:
> > > lisp/org-exp.el:31:1:Error: Symbol's value as variable is void:
> > > add-to-diary-list
> > > make: *** [lisp/org-exp.elc] Error 1
> > >
> > > As far as I can tell I have the same packages installed on each computer
> > > and the relevant section of the Makefile is:
> > >
> > > # Where local software is found
> > > prefix=~/emacs
> > >
> > > # Where local lisp files go.
> > > lispdir = $(prefix)/org
> > Still not got to the bottom of this and there are now 2 computers where
> > this happens:
> >
> > Checked that I have the same emacs packages installed on all computers.
> > Copied .emacs to all computers, so it's the same everywhere.
> > Done several make cleans.
> > Happens with the most recent git checkout.
> >
> > Version of emacs is the same on all computers:
> >
> > GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
> > of 2008-05-02 on king, modified by Ubuntu
> >
> > As a bodge around copying compiled versions of org to the computers
> > where compiling fails seems to let org work with no problems.