Hi Stefan,

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a root-cause analysis, but I’ve seen many problems that are resolved by some version of a “clean build” of org.  Here are some:

- [[https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2012-09/msg01365.html][Installing Org through the new http://orgmode.org ELPA]]

- [[https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-08/msg00316.html][latest org from Elpa error: Invalid function: org-babel-header-a]]

- [[https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2015-08/msg00318.html][Re: [O] wrong type argument listp... org-element-set-contents]]

That's what I got.

BTW: I now use org-plus-contrib in place of org with this mantra:

(add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)

(use-package  org ;org-plus-contrib                                          ; instead of org-mode

  :ensure org-plus-contrib ; following http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/7890/org-plus-contrib-and-org-with-require-or-use-package

)

- Cheers

Malcolm

> Here's what I do, at the shell:
>
>
>
> emacs -Q -batch -eval "(progn (require 'package) (add-to-list
> 'package-archives '(\"org\" . \"http://orgmode.org/elpa/\"<http://orgmode.org/elpa/%22>;))
> (package-initialize) (package-refresh-contents) (package-install
> 'org-plus-contrib))"

I can't blame you for using such workarounds, but it would *really* help
if you could report the actual problems encountered (and then use the
workaround until we fix the source of the problem).


Stefan