Bug: redundant and undocumented #label is required to link to a table [9.4.4 (9.4.4-dist @ /home/powellj/elisp/org-9.4.4/lisp/)]

[James Powell]

Using Org mode version 9.4.4 I build this document:

<<begin>>
#+NAME: t1
#+begin_src R :exports both
  library(tidyverse)
  x <- tribble(~a, ~b, 1, 3)
  x
#+end_src
#+CAPTION: Org Table
#+RESULTS: t1
| 1 | 3 |

I want to refer to Table [[t1]].
<<end>>

What I expect: the latex export will include the table and link to it.

What happens instead: the code and table appear, numbered and captioned.
However, the link is broken ("I want to refer to Table ??"). Looking in
the latex, this line reads

> I want to refer to Table \ref{org993764c}.

but that label org993764c appears nowhere else in the file.

Org-lint doesn't complain about the file at all.  I posted this
earlier to this list and learned about a workaround

" It works if you put a #+label on the table ... which confuses me,
because I looked through the manual for #+label and there's no mention
of it at all, but a bunch of my Org files use it (for LaTeX export). "

(William Denton writing in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2021-04/msg00170.html)

As another workaround, the snippet as written (with no #+label) works
if you export to html instead of latex.

- JP

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Emacs  : GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5)
 of 2020-07-07
Package: Org mode version 9.4.4 (9.4.4-dist @ 
/home/powellj/elisp/org-9.4.4/lisp/)

current state:
==============
(setq
 org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe 
org-babel-header-arg-expand)
 org-adapt-indentation nil
 org-latex-classes '(("achemso" "\\documentclass{achemso}"
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                      ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
                      ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))
                     ("article" "\\documentclass[11pt]{article}"
                      ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\paragraph{%s}" . "\\paragraph*{%s}")
                      ("\\subparagraph{%s}" . "\\subparagraph*{%s}"))
                     ("report" "\\documentclass[11pt]{report}"
                      ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
                      ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
                      ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}"))
                     ("book" "\\documentclass[11pt]{book}"
                      ("\\part{%s}" . "\\part*{%s}")
                      ("\\chapter{%s}" . "\\chapter*{%s}")
                      ("\\section{%s}" . "\\section*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsection{%s}" . "\\subsection*{%s}")
                      ("\\subsubsection{%s}" . "\\subsubsection*{%s}"))
                     )
 org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate 
org-babel-speed-command-activate)
 org-reverse-note-order t
 org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
 org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil
 org-html-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME 
CONTENTS)"]
 org-log-done 'time
 org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 
'org-latex-format-inlinetask-default-function
 org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default
 org-startup-folded 'content
 org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil
 org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline nil
 org-file-apps '(("\\.pdf" . "evince %s") (auto-mode . emacs) 
(directory . emacs)
                 ("\\.mm\\'" . default) ("\\.x?html?\\'" . default)
                 ("\\.pdf\\'" . default))
 org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t
 org-agenda-custom-commands '(("d" todo #("DELEGATED" 0 9 (face 
org-warning)) nil)
                              ("c" todo
                               #("DONE|DEFERRED|CANCELLED" 0 23 (face 
org-warning))
                               nil)
                              ("w" todo #("WAITING" 0 7 (face 
org-warning)) nil)
                              ("W" agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 21)))
                              ("A" agenda ""
                               ((org-agenda-skip-function
                                 (lambda nil
                                  (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote 
notregexp)
                                   "\\=.*\\[#A\\]")
                                  )
                                 )
                                (org-agenda-ndays 1)
                                (org-agenda-overriding-header
                                 "Today's Priority #A tasks: ")
                                )
                               )
                              ("u" alltodo ""
                               ((org-agenda-skip-function
                                 (lambda nil
                                  (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote 
scheduled)
                                   (quote deadline) (quote regexp) 
"<[^>\n]+>")
                                  )
                                 )
                                (org-agenda-overriding-header
                                 "Unscheduled TODO entries: ")
                                )
                               )
                              )
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'org-latex-format-headline-default-function
 org-default-notes-file "~/notes.org"
 org-agenda-include-diary t
 org-latex-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn _ CONTENTS)"]
 org-odt-format-headline-function 'org-odt-format-headline-default-function
 org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
                     org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
 org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
 org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
 org-html-footnotes-section "<div id='footnotes'><!--%s-->%s</div>"
 org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\301\211\207"
                   [imenu-create-index-function org-imenu-get-tree] 2]
                 (lambda nil
                  (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "<f5>") (quote 
org-export-as-pdf)))
                 (lambda nil
                  (if window-system nil
                   (progn (define-key org-mode-map "\212" (quote 
org-meta-return))
                    (define-key org-mode-map "\n"
                     (quote org-insert-heading-respect-content))
                    )
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                  )
                 org-mode-reftex-setup
                 #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append 
local] 5]
                 #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
                   [add-hook change-major-mode-hook 
org-babel-show-result-all append
                    local]
                   5]
                 org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes)
 org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300
\236A\207" [:title] 3 
"\n\n(fn ENTRY)"]
 org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe)
 org-ascii-format-drawer-function #[771 "
\207" [] 4 "\n\n(fn NAME 
CONTENTS WIDTH)"]
 org-odt-format-inlinetask-function 
'org-odt-format-inlinetask-default-function
 org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers
                  org-cycle-show-empty-lines
                  org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
 org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links)
 org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "STARTED(s@/!)" "WAITING(w@/!)"
                      "DELEGATED(e@/!)" "APPT(@!)" "|" "DONE(d!)" 
"DEFERRED"
                      "CANCELLED(c@)")
                     )
 org-fast-tag-selection-single-key 'expert
 org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
 org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
 org-odt-format-drawer-function #[514 "\207" [] 3 "\n\n(fn NAME CONTENTS)"]
 org-link-from-user-regexp "\\<James Eckhardt Powell\\>"
 org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t
 org-html-format-headline-function 
'org-html-format-headline-default-function
 org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete
                        org-attach-complete-link)
                       ("id" :follow org-id-open)
                       ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store 
org-eww-store-link)
                       ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store 
org-rmail-store-link)
                       ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store 
org-mhe-store-link)
                       ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store 
org-irc-store-link :export
                        org-irc-export)
                       ("info" :follow org-info-open :export 
org-info-export :store
                        org-info-store-link)
                       ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store 
org-gnus-store-link)
                       ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export 
org-docview-export
                        :store org-docview-store-link)
                       ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store 
org-bibtex-store-link)
                       ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export 
org-bbdb-export
                        :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store 
org-bbdb-store-link)
                       ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") 
("file+emacs")
                       ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell)
                       ("news" :follow
                        #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["news" 
browse-url ":"] 6
                          "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]
                        )
                       ("mailto" :follow
                        #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["mailto" 
browse-url ":"] 6
                          "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]
                        )
                       ("https" :follow
                        #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["https" 
browse-url ":"] 6
                          "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]
                        )
                       ("http" :follow
                        #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["http" 
browse-url ":"] 6
                          "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]
                        )
                       ("ftp" :follow
                        #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["ftp" browse-url 
":"] 6
                          "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]
                        )
                       ("help" :follow org-link--open-help)
                       ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file)
                       ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp)
                       ("doi" :follow org-link--open-doi))
 org-babel-load-languages '((dot . t) (R . t) (shell . t))
 org-html-format-inlinetask-function 
'org-html-format-inlinetask-default-function
 org-agenda-files '("~/jep-files/docs/projects.org" 
"~/jep-files/docs/notes.org"...
 org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
 org-confirm-babel-evaluate nil
 org-publish-project-alist '(("org" :base-directory "~/org/" 
:publishing-directory
                              "~/public_html" :section-numbers nil 
:with-toc nil
                              :publishing-function org-latex-publish-to-pdf
                              :html-head
                              "<link rel=\"stylesheet\"\n 
href=\"../other/mystyle.css\"\n type=\"text/css\"/>")
                             ("2020_MCTD_HDDV_Registration" :base-directory
"~/deq/projects/heavyduty-registration-archive/2020_MCTD_HDDV_Registration" 
:publishing-directory "~/public_html" :publishing-function 
org-latex-publish-to-pdf)
                             )
 )

--
James E. Powell, MS
Pronouns: he/him/his
Applied Physics PhD Candidate
Department of Physics
Portland State University
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