On Thu, 17 Feb 2022, at 23:44, Tim Cross wrote: > If you try to upgrade org using a apckage manager, such as package.el, > and you already have some org functionality loaded at the time of the > upgrade, you can get a broken 'mixed' installation. This will often > create the type of errors you are experiencing.
Using <https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-async> may help avoid this issue. See specifically here: https://github.com/jwiegley/emacs-async#enable-asynchronous-compilation-of-your-melpa-packages -- Joost Kremers Life has its moments