RE: [External] : RE: org-assert-version considered harmful

[Cook, Malcolm]

> Malcolm,
> I also ran into troubles which are similar, apparently due to mixed org-mode 
> versions; we've got to load org-mode before emacs tries to do it for us or we 
> get mixed stuff.

Thanks Daniel, yes, I understand the need to load org early, and am sure that 
my approach succeeds in doing so (without the need to re-make emacs-master).

Nonetheless, I recently found that that the addition of a  `make clean` on 
org-mode was necessary to delete the compiled .elc files in which (apparently?) 
used macros whose definition had changed in the interim.

Cheers
> 
> My resolution was to load the org-mode path first in my init.el file and then 
> require org:
> (add-to-list 'load-path "/home/dortmann/src/git-org-mode/lisp")
> (require 'org)
> And then I build with something like this:
> dortmann@ddo-linux:src$ cd ~/src/git-org-contrib/ && git pull && cd 
> ~/src/git-org-mode/ && git pull && make all && make autoloads && cd 
> ~/src/git-emacs-master/ && git pull && make all && sudo -H make install && cd 
> ..
> 
> Then only an occasional 'make bootstrap' is required in the emacs build dir.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/31/22 09:11, Cook, Malcolm wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I found this recent thread researching why my strategy for staying abreast 
> with org head had started failing with invalid-function "org-assert-version"
>  
> My strategy had been to build org initially with
>  
>  
>        ` cd ~/.emacs.d && git clone 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!NJTKsXYcJrTb8d5ZN-S1HlVfATQrUIHtWtEz4qZmvjlGuMcS-6MG89rA3dDSBwxECGJw1YoNopf635M$
>  &&   cd org-mode && make autoloads && make` 
>  
> and ensure this clone of org was picked up in my "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp by 
> including the following in my .init.el very early (right after bootstrapping 
> the package system and use-package):
>  
> (use-package 
>   :pin manual 
>   :load-path "~/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp"
> )
>  
> Then, when I occasionally wished to update org, I would
>  
>        `cd ~/.emacs.d/org-mode && git pull && make autoloads && make`
>         
> Recently I started getting errors invalid-function "org-assert-version".
>  
> Upon cursory reading of this thread I guessed that I could fix them by adding 
> a `make clean` to my update mantra.
>  
> It worked.
>  
> Am I advised to do otherwise?  Is there a best/better practice?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> ~Malcolm
> 
>