{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094/events","html_url":"https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094","id":94718636,"number":1094,"title":"Helm fails to start after update: void-variable helm-position","user":{"login":"greenrd","id":164965,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/164965?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd","html_url":"https://github.com/greenrd","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/greenrd/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-07-13T13:18:11Z","updated_at":"2015-07-13T17:08:45Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I am not sure if this is a MELPA problem or a helm problem, but after upgrading all my installed packages in MELPA and restarting I received an error on startup about `helm-position`. After trying to rearrange my `.emacs` file and using `--debug-init`, I received this error:\r\n\r\n```\r\nDebugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable helm-position)\r\n  byte-code(\"\\306\b\\305\t\\n\\304\\307!\u000B$\\310\t;\\203\u0014\u0000\\311\\202\u0015\u0000\\312\\313\\314\\315\u0003\t\\314\\316\\317\\320\\321\\322\\f\\315\r\nF\\323\u000B\\324BBBBBBBBBBBBB\\262\u0001$\\210\\325\u000E\u001B\\301\\n\\304\\307!\\\"\\326\\313\u000E\u001C\u000E\u001D\u000E\u001E\\327\\330\\f\\\"\u000E\\f\u000E\u001F\u000E\\n\t\u000E \\331\u000E\u001F\u000E\u001D\\\"\u000E!\\332\u000E\u001F\\211\u000E\u001D#\u000E\\\"\u000E#\\313\u000E\\f\u000E$\u000E%\u000E&\u000E'\u000E\\n\u000E\u001D\u000E(\u000E$&\t&\u000F$\\207\" [helm-position seq &key all test item cl-defmacro eq \"A simple and faster replacement of CL `position'.\\nReturn position of first occurence of ITEM found in SEQ.\\nArgument SEQ can be a string, in this case ITEM have to be a char.\\nArgument ALL, if non--nil specify to return a list of positions of\\nall ITEM found in SEQ.\" across in cl-loop for c index from 0 when funcall if (collect index into ls else return index finally return ls) cl-defun \"Remove duplicates elements in list SEQ.\\nThis is same as `remove-duplicates' but with memoisation.\\nIt is much faster, especially in large lists.\\nA test function can be provided with TEST argument key.\\nDefault is `eq'.\" make-hash-table :test gethash puthash helm-fast-remove-dups with cont = elm unless do finally return i being the hash-values collect] 29)\r\n  require(helm-lib)\r\n  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*-990410> nil \"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20150711.717/helm.el\" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 1313\r\n  load-with-code-conversion(\"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20150711.717/helm.el\" \"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-core-20150711.717/helm.el\" nil t)\r\n  require(helm)\r\n  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*-642341> nil \"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-projectile-20150713.137/helm-projectile.el\" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 1620\r\n  load-with-code-conversion(\"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-projectile-20150713.137/helm-projectile.el\" \"/home/robin/.emacs.d/elpa/helm-projectile-20150713.137/helm-projectile.el\" nil t)\r\n  (helm-projectile-on)\r\n  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil \"/home/robin/.emacs\" nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 4574\r\n  load-with-code-conversion(\"/home/robin/.emacs\" \"/home/robin/.emacs\" t t)\r\n  load(\"~/.emacs\" t t)\r\n  #[0 \"\b\\205\\262\u0000\t\\306=\\203\u0011\u0000\\307\b\\310Q\\202;\u0000\t\\311=\\204\u001E\u0000\\307\b\\312Q\\202;\u0000\\313\\307\\314\\315#\\203*\u0000\\316\\202;\u0000\\313\\307\\314\\317#\\203:\u0000\\320\\nB\u0012\\321\\202;\u0000\\316\\322\u0013\\323\u0001\\322\\211#\\210\u000B\\322=\\203a\u0000\\324\\325\\326\\307\b\\327Q!\\\"\\323\u0001\\322\\211#\\210\u000B\\322=\\203`\u0000\u0001\u0013\\210\u000B\\203\\243\u0000\\330\u000B!\\331\\232\\203\\243\u0000\\332\u000B!\\211\\333P\\334\u0001!\\203}\u0000\\211\\202\\210\u0000\\334\u0002!\\203\\207\u0000\u0001\\202\\210\u0000\\314\\262\u0002\u0001\\203\\241\u0000\\335\u0002\u000B\\\"\\203\\237\u0000\\336\\337\u0003\u000B#\\210\\340\\341!\\210\u0001\u0013\\266\u0002\\f?\\205\\260\u0000\\314\u001D\\323\\342\\322\\211#)\\262\u0001\\207\" [init-file-user system-type delayed-warnings-list user-init-file inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen ms-dos \"~\" \"/_emacs\" windows-nt \"/.emacs\" directory-files nil \"^\\\\.emacs\\\\(\\\\.elc?\\\\)?$\" \"~/.emacs\" \"^_emacs\\\\(\\\\.elc?\\\\)?$\" (initialization \"`_emacs' init file is deprecated, please use `.emacs'\") \"~/_emacs\" t load expand-file-name \"init\" file-name-as-directory \"/.emacs.d\" file-name-extension \"elc\" file-name-sans-extension \".el\" file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p message \"Warning: %s is newer than %s\" sit-for 1 \"default\"] 7 \"\\n\\n(fn)\"]()\r\n  command-line()\r\n  normal-top-level()\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/comments/120995203","html_url":"https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094#issuecomment-120995203","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/emacs-helm/helm/issues/1094","id":120995203,"user":{"login":"thierryvolpiatto","id":1533939,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1533939?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto","html_url":"https://github.com/thierryvolpiatto","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thierryvolpiatto/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-13T17:08:45Z","updated_at":"2015-07-13T17:08:45Z","body":"\nChris Carpenter <notifications@github.com> writes:\n\n> I would like to check in to report that for me removing all helm\n> packages and reinstalling (using paradox, and \n> restarting emacs between removal and reinstall)\n\n> fixed this issue for me.\n\nGreat! Thanks for the info.\n\n-- \nThierry\nGet my Gnupg key:\ngpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 59F29997 \n"}}