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'make' often errors with "Org version mismatch" after pulling a new version of the code

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: bzg <at> gnu.org, dmitry <at> gutov.dev, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 62762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62762: 'make' often errors with "Org version mismatch" after pulling a new version of the code
Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 10:25:20 +0000

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Maybe if we can identify a "first org-*.el file" (i.e. a file which
> *any* use of some part of Org mode would necessarily load pretty early
> on), then we can reduce this check to:

Such file is org-macs.el

> - check if that "first org-*.el file" is already loaded.
> - if no, load it
> - if yes, compare the output of `locate-file` to what is found in
>   `load-history`, and in case it doesn't match (because of a new
>   directory in `load-path`), signal an error (or maybe force a reload
>   instead?).
>
> We could even provide a new `require-with-shadow-check` function that
> does just that.

May you provide an approximate code for that function?

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