Re: Invalid duration format error with active timestamp

[Garjola Dindi]

On Tue 18-May-2021 at 23:23:39 +02, Rainer Hansen
<rainer.hansen@gmx.net> wrote: 
> Hi Garjola,
>
> I had the same problem.
>
> I fixed it by downloading manually the last working version of Org from
> https://orgmode.org/elpa/,
> i.e. https://orgmode.org/elpa/org-20210503.tar
> and manually stored the extracted directory into my elpa directory,
> /home/garjola/.emacs.d/elpa/ in your case.
>
> After restarting Emacs Org agenda worked fine again.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Rainer

Hi Rainer,

Thanks for the tip. I finally got the update via the package manager
before having the time to test your solution.

And org works great as always!

Cheers.

G.

>
> Garjola Dindi <garjola@garjola.net> writes:
>
>> On Mon 17-May-2021 at 16:01:25 +02, Nicolas Goaziou
>> <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote: 
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Garjola Dindi <garjola@garjola.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> I am using the most recent elpa version of org
>>>> 9.4.5 (9.4.5-93-gbc857b-elpa @
>>>> /home/garjola/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20210510/) with emacs master branch.
>>>>
>>>> Since updating org yesterday, when I use a timestamp like 
>>>>
>>>> ,----
>>>> | <2021-05-17 Mon 10:00-11:00>
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> building the agenda fails with this backtrace:
>>>>
>>>> ,----
>>>> | Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Invalid duration format:
>>>> | #(\"10:00-11:00\" 0 5 (font...")
>>>
>>> This was fixed a few days ago.
>>>
>>> Since Org in ELPA is updated every Monday, you need to update it again
>>> (later?) today to get the fix.
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your answer. I've been impatiently refreshing the packages
>> since yesterday, but I don't see any new version of org.
>>
>> I am using 
>>
>> http://orgmode.org/elpa/
>>
>> Is this still correct? Just wondering, since I understood that some
>> things are changing in org packaging and distribution.
>>
>> Thanks for your great work!
>
>
>

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