Actually, the backtrace goes through the el-get loaddefs file, so maybe something is going wrong there. Let me check with the el-get developers and see if they know what is going on. On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Elliott Slaughter < elliottslaughter@gmail.com> wrote: > When I install a fresh copy of org-mode via el-get, I see the following > error: > > Bug: Symbol's value as variable is void: org-src-lang-modes > > I don't believe this is a problem in el-get, but if I'm wrong, let me know > and I will take this up with the el-get developers. > > Here is the backtrace: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable org-src-lang-modes) > add-to-list(org-src-lang-modes ("sclang" . sclang)) > byte-code("\300\301\302\303\304\"\"\207" [with-eval-after-load "org" > add-to-list org-src-lang-modes ("sclang" . sclang)] 5) > load("/home/eslaught/.emacs.d/el-get/.loaddefs" nil t) > el-get-load-fast("/home/eslaught/.emacs.d/el-get/.loaddefs.el") > el-get-eval-autoloads() > el-get(sync) > econf-install() > eval-buffer(# nil "/home/eslaught/econf/econf-helper.el" > nil t) ; Reading at buffer position 1907 > load-with-code-conversion("/home/eslaught/econf/econf-helper.el" > "/home/eslaught/econf/econf-helper.el" nil t) > require(econf-helper) > eval-buffer(# nil "/home/eslaught/.emacs" nil t) ; > Reading at buffer position 205 > load-with-code-conversion("/home/eslaught/.emacs" > "/home/eslaught/.emacs" t t) > load("~/.emacs" t t) > #[0 "^H\205\262^@ \306=\203^Q^@\307^H\310Q\202;^@ > \311=\204^^^@\307^H\312Q\202;^@\313\307\314\315#\203*^@\316\ > 202;^@\313\307\314\317#$ > command-line() > normal-top-level() > > Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) > of 2014-03-07 on lamiak, modified by Debian > Package: Org mode installed via el-get, from the following Git commit > > commit 489080124210a78d6622c79ede5c003e07c2ccb8 > Merge: b900a85 731f59f > Author: Kyle Meyer > Date: Mon Aug 14 22:04:35 2017 -0400 > > Merge branch 'maint' > > -- Elliott Slaughter "Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay