Compile error in magit-diff.el while installing

Joe Philip Ninan

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Jun 13, 2015, 2:08:57 PM6/13/15

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Hi,
I installed latest version of dash.el

When i run the make lisp command to compile, i am getting the following error.

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Compiling with-editor.el

In toplevel form:
with-editor.el:448:1:Warning: Unused lexical variable `localname'

In end of data:
with-editor.el:691:1:Warning: the function `internal-default-process-filter'
is not known to be defined.
Compiling git-commit.el

In end of data:
git-commit.el:667:1:Warning: the function `dired-get-filename' is not known to
be defined.
Compiling magit-popup.el

In end of data:
magit-popup.el:1053:1:Warning: the function `string-suffix-p' is not known to
be defined.
Compiling magit-utils.el

In end of data:
magit-utils.el:354:1:Warning: the function `with-current-buffer-window' is not
known to be defined.
Compiling magit-section.el
Compiling magit-git.el
Compiling magit-mode.el

In magit-mode:
magit-mode.el:333:52:Warning: assignment to free variable
`redisplay-highlight-region-function'
magit-mode.el:334:54:Warning: assignment to free variable
`redisplay-unhighlight-region-function'
Compiling magit-process.el

In end of data:
magit-process.el:726:1:Warning: the function `dired-get-filename' might not be
defined at runtime.
Compiling magit-core.el

In end of data:
magit-core.el:78:1:Warning: the function `dired-get-filename' is not known to
be defined.
Compiling magit-diff.el

In toplevel form:
magit-diff.el:461:1:Error: Symbol's function definition is void: string-suffix-p
make: *** [magit-diff.elc] Error 1

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What might be the issue here in magit-diff.el ?

Thank you in advance,
-cheers
joe

Jonas Bernoulli

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Jun 14, 2015, 8:18:42 AM6/14/15

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Magit's next branch requires at least Emacs 24.4.

Joe P Ninan

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Jun 14, 2015, 8:31:57 AM6/14/15

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Hi,

Oh, thanks. Mine was Emacs 24.3.1

I shall update my Emacs.

-cheers

joe

On 14 June 2015 at 17:48, Jonas Bernoulli <jo...@bernoul.li> wrote:

Magit's next branch requires at least Emacs 24.4.

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