GNU bug report logs - #59882
30.0.50; Compilation of ELPA packages during version upgrade (Org 9.6 ELPA upgrade from older ELPA version)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Masterson <dsmasterson <at> gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org, michel <at> schi.nz, 59882 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59882: Multiple versions of Org in load-path problem
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 09:17:23 +0200

> Cc: emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org, 59882 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: David Masterson <dsmasterson <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:56:03 -0800
> 
> In my testing, I found a strange case where, in *scratch*, I get:
> 
> (message "%s" org-version)
> ;; Error undefined
> ;; Do 'C-h v org-version'
> (message "%s" org-version)
> 9.3
> 
> So, 'describe-variable' on org-version causes Org to be loaded?!?

Why is it so surprising?  Is this the first time you see that a Help
command loads something to do its job?

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