Bastien writes: >> I got a mail from Robert (apparently not sent to the list) that the >> error was related to his use of some stuff in contrib/, resulting in a >> mixed installation. > > How the use of stuff in contrib/ can prevent the ELPA package from > loading correctly? I'm interested in having more details, if you or > Robert can give some -- I had a similar problem, as you know, and > didn't find the time to digg further so far.
The exact recipe for reproduction I don't know because even though I use stuff from contrib/ it works for me without any error. I suspect that since I have a fairly recent installation of Org in site-lisp Emacs just gets the autoloads from there if things go wrong and that's just the same stuff it would pick up from ELPA. I wont have time for a week or so to remove this installation and see what happens… I seem to remember there was some talk on Emacs devel that the package manager loaded the activation code too late in saome cases, but I can't find it right now. You might ask Tom Tromey. Emacs needs to grow a way to de-activate the built-in package when it gets a new one via ELPA, but that hasn't been implemented yet. Robert said he removed the contrib stuff and things start to work for him — apparently he's away for a few days so we may not hear from him until he's back. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Samples for the Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#BlofeldSamplesExtra