GNU bug report logs - #62762
'make' often errors with "Org version mismatch" after pulling a new version of the code

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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Message #119 received at 62762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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, Max Nikulin <manikulin <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#62762: 'make' often errors with "Org version mismatch"
 after pulling a new version of the code
Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 10:30:55 +0000
Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> This looks interesting, if we replace all the requires in Org with
>> `my-require-with-shadow-check'.
>
> If we make it signal an error, then I think we only need it for the
> requires that load "the one first file" (which you suggest could be
> `org-macs.el`).

This might work.

Max, do you see any obvious downsides in Stefan's idea about consulting
`load-history' vs. `load-path'?

>> Although, AFAIU, it does not address the problem with stale .elc files
>> kept from the previous Org version in the same folder (AFAIR, it is what
>> often happens in ELPA builds).
>
> I don't understand what you mean here: when `package.el` compiles the
> files of the Org package, that package has just been untarred into
> a fresh new directory, so there should never be any stale `.elc` files
> in there.

I am referring to https://orgmode.org/list/jwvsfkv5s7l.fsf-monnier+emacs <at> gnu.org

>> And we somehow need to make sure that `my-require-with-shadow-check' is
>> available for all its users.
>
> Ah, the fun of bootstrapping :-)

I guess that the cleanest way could be putting
`require-with-shadow-check' into a new file. Then, we have no chance of
this file being loaded by old Org version.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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