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I tried to detangle (org-babel-detangle) a latex file and got the error message

Cannot find entry with ID "......."

with the ID of the subtree of the first block. But the entry does exist in the original org file. What's more puzzling is that this happens on one machine and not on another, with exactly the same files.

Moreover, if I minimalize the file, the problem persists, but, if I create a new file with the same structure, detangling works as expected.

Also, if evaluate (org-id-find '452031425...) in the org buffer, the entry is found, but, if I evaluate the same expression in the tangled buffer, it returns nil. What am I missing?

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  • From what I can see, there is no need for an ID at all - am I mistaken? The link that is inserted in the .tex file looks like this: % [[file:/tmp/foo3.org::*This is a test][This is a test:1]] and the comment at the end of the tangled block is % This is a test:1 ends here - maybe add (a portion of) the tex file to your question? Also what :comments setting do you use? I used noweb for the above.
    – NickD
    Jan 14, 2020 at 0:12
  • @NickD, the comment has the form [[id:c3abd.....][title:1]] i think because i've set org-id-link-to-org-use-id
    – Toothrot
    Jan 15, 2020 at 21:28

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When first using an org file on a new system, containing IDs one wishes to track, one must evaluate

(org-id-update-id-locations '("file.org"))
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