> > I would not trust the result from failing to drop the -Q since the -Q is > > what > prevents your init file from loading, which we are explicitly trying to avoid > for the sake of compiling org in a fresh environment. > > > According to [[info:emacs#Initial Options]], --batch implies -q. > About -q and -Q, we have: > > ‘-q’ > ‘--no-init-file’ > Do not load any initialization file (*note Init File::). When > Emacs is invoked with this option, the Customize facility does not > allow options to be saved (*note Easy Customization::). This > option does not disable loading ‘site-start.el’. > [...] > ‘-Q’ > ‘--quick’ > Start emacs with minimum customizations. This is similar to using > ‘-q’, ‘--no-site-file’, ‘--no-site-lisp’, and ‘--no-splash’ > together. This also stops Emacs from processing X resources by > setting ‘inhibit-x-resources’ to ‘t’ (*note Resources::).
Aha - thanks for the rundown..... > > So --batch implies -q, which is enough to bypass init.el. -Q is > stronger than -q: it adds ‘--no-site-file’, ‘--no-site-lisp’, and > ‘--no-splash’ and inibits X resources. But AFAIK, only my init.el > loads Org, and not site-start.el, which is empty here, or any Lisp > file in a site-lisp directory. I searched every file in > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp for "org" and I didn't find any line that > loads Org. > > I am an Emacs beginner though, so I may be wrong. I'm now figuring you're right. > > --
