[Orgmode] Re: Unable to compile using Emacs 23 in Windows

[Paul Mead]

Manish <address@hidden> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Paul Mead wrote:
>> I had everything working fine using NT Emacs v22.xxx but now that I've
>> completely upgraded to 23 I'm getting numerous warnings comiling org.el,
>> org-agenda.el, and it just hangs on org-attach.el. Not even an error to
>> work with.
>>
>> If there's one thing I can't stand it's silent failure :-)
>>
>> I tried to redirect the errors to a text file, but it only captured the
>> commands, not the errors. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Just my luck, everything works fine on my Linux machine, but I use org-mode
>> mostly on the work laptop which is Windows.
>
> How do you compile Org on Windows?  Using the solution that Sebastian and
> others recently worked out or some other way?
>
> FWIW, I use Cygwin Emacs (23) to compile Org but use Windows GNU Emacs
> exclusively.  There are some odd looking messages but they have never bothered
> me (compilation log at http://paste.lisp.org/display/86127)
OK, so I've managed to redirect stderr so I can show you what I
get. Doesn't look much different to the start of your log to be honest.

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emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval "(progn (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
\"/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp\") (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
(expand-file-name \"./lisp/\")))" -f batch-byte-compile lisp/org.el

In org-version:
org.el:105:23:Warning: attempt to let-bind constant `org-version'
org.el:125:49:Warning: variable assignment to constant `org-version'

In org-read-date:
org.el:12359:11:Warning: `view-diary-entries-initially' is an obsolete
    variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use `calendar-view-diary-initially-flag'
    instead.
org.el:12361:11:Warning: `view-calendar-holidays-initially' is an obsolete
    variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use `calendar-view-holidays-initially-flag'
    instead.

In org-goto-calendar:
org.el:13369:10:Warning: `view-diary-entries-initially' is an obsolete
    variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use `calendar-view-diary-initially-flag'
    instead.
org.el:13367:10:Warning: `view-calendar-holidays-initially' is an obsolete
    variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use `calendar-view-holidays-initially-flag'
    instead.

In org-iswitchb:
org.el:13484:8:Warning: function `org-iswitchb' defined multiple times in this
    file

In org-create-formula-image:
org.el:14051:19:Warning: reference to free variable
    `org-export-latex-packages-alist'
Wrote c:/home/MEAD8982/elisp/org-mode/lisp/org.elc
emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval "(progn (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
\"/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp\") (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
(expand-file-name \"./lisp/\")))" -f batch-byte-compile lisp/org-agenda.el

In org-agenda-get-some-entry-text:
org-agenda.el:2275:43:Warning: assignment to free variable `drawer-re'
org-agenda.el:2282:43:Warning: assignment to free variable `kwd-time-re'
org-agenda.el:2278:28:Warning: reference to free variable `drawer-re'
org-agenda.el:2302:43:Warning: reference to free variable `kwd-time-re'
org-agenda.el:2293:27:Warning: assignment to free variable `ind'
org-agenda.el:2298:37:Warning: reference to free variable `ind'

In org-get-entries-from-diary:
org-agenda.el:3446:11:Warning: `fancy-diary-buffer' is an obsolete variable
    (as of Emacs 23.1); use `diary-fancy-buffer' instead.

In org-agenda-goto-calendar:
org-agenda.el:6329:11:Warning: `view-calendar-holidays-initially' is an
    obsolete variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use
    `calendar-view-holidays-initially-flag' instead.
org-agenda.el:6330:11:Warning: `view-diary-entries-initially' is an obsolete
    variable (as of Emacs 23.1); use `calendar-view-diary-initially-flag'
    instead.
Wrote c:/home/MEAD8982/elisp/org-mode/lisp/org-agenda.elc
emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval "(progn (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
\"/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp\") (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
(expand-file-name \"./lisp/\")))" -f batch-byte-compile lisp/org-ascii.el
Wrote c:/home/MEAD8982/elisp/org-mode/lisp/org-ascii.elc
emacs -batch -q -no-site-file -eval "(progn (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
\"/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp\") (add-to-list (quote load-path) 
(expand-file-name \"./lisp/\")))" -f batch-byte-compile lisp/org-attach.el
make: *** [lisp/org-attach.elc] Interrupt