Re: [PATCH] Autoload `org-assert-version' and remove org-loaddefs.el

[David Masterson]

Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com> writes:

> Bastien writes:
>
>> Some users reported an (invalid-function org-assert-version) error
>> when installing Org from ELPA:
>>
>> https://lists.sr.ht/~bzg/emacsfr/%3Cd091463e1615422eb00070727d6a094ec0ae3c73.camel%40adocentyn.io%3E
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/z7qulo/comment/iyd9vam/?context=3
>>
>> This patch autoloads `org-assert-version'.
>
> I don't understand the rationale behind this.  Every spot that calls
> org-assert-version is preceded by a line that requires org-macs, so
> isn't this error likely due to a mixed installation/load-path issue
> where the wrong/older org-macs is taking precedence?

Bingo!  This sounds like my problem -- installing/loading org-9.6 when
org-9.3 was already loaded by the startup process (Debian pre-built
Emacs 27.1) results in errors related to 'org=assert-version'.

>> It also removes the ;; generated-autoload-file: "org-loaddefs.el"
>> footer in all files and let Make create org-autoloads.el instead.
>
> I'm worried with how this will play with the Org bundled with Emacs.

It doesn't play in my case.

-- 
David Masterson