Error adding unregistered packages

[pdeffebach]

(PackagesPrecompile) pkg> add https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl
   Cloning git-repo `https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl`
 Resolving package versions...
  Updating `~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/SGFCk/packages/Project.toml`
  [15e4465c] + VerySimpleRasters v0.1.0 #master (https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl)
  Updating `~/.julia/packages/PackageCompiler/SGFCk/packages/Manifest.toml`
  [a74b3585] + Blosc v0.5.1
  [f67ccb44] + HDF5 v0.11.0
  [15e4465c] + VerySimpleRasters v0.1.0 #master (https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl)
  [8bf52ea8] + CRC32c

(PackagesPrecompile) pkg> dev VerySimpleRasters
ERROR: The following package names could not be resolved:
 * VerySimpleRasters (15e4465c-140a-11e9-1a09-6f7eeac38b3b in manifest but not in project)
Please specify by known `name=uuid`.

adding and then deving an unregistered package causes problems for me. Is this an expected error? Or is something going wrong?

[asinghvi17]

Just chiming in here - I've had the same issue. However, the package entry exists in both Project.toml and Manifest.toml.

In Project.toml:

VerySimpleRasters = "15e4465c-140a-11e9-1a09-6f7eeac38b3b"

In Manifest.toml:

[[VerySimpleRasters]]
deps = ["Dates", "HDF5", "Mmap", "RecipesBase"]
git-tree-sha1 = "ef2e34e1955bd3c4351fce4159109a53cd0106dc"
repo-rev = "master"
repo-url = "https://github.com/mkborregaard/VerySimpleRasters.jl"
uuid = "15e4465c-140a-11e9-1a09-6f7eeac38b3b"
version = "0.1.0"

[asinghvi17]

From Slack, @00vareladavid:

Ah, I see, its a misleading error message
Pkg only supports dev SomeName if SomeName is a registered package

[asinghvi17]

This is the most relevant code I could find:

function ensure_resolved(env::EnvCache,
    pkgs::AbstractVector{PackageSpec};
    registry::Bool=false,)::Nothing
    unresolved = Dict{String,Vector{UUID}}()
    for name in [pkg.name for pkg in pkgs if !has_uuid(pkg)]
        uuids = [uuid for (uuid, entry) in env.manifest if entry.name == name]
        sort!(uuids, by=uuid -> uuid.value)
        unresolved[name] = uuids
    end
    isempty(unresolved) && return
    msg = sprint() do io
        println(io, "The following package names could not be resolved:")
        for (name, uuids) in sort!(collect(unresolved), by=lowercase ∘ first)
        print(io, " * $name (")
        if length(uuids) == 0
            what = ["project", "manifest"]
            registry && push!(what, "registry")
            print(io, "not found in ")
            join(io, what, ", ", " or ")
        else
            join(io, uuids, ", ", " or ")
            print(io, " in manifest but not in project")
        end
        println(io, ")")
    end
        print(io, "Please specify by known `name=uuid`.")
    end
    pkgerror(msg)
end

from Types.jl

[00vareladavid]

Yep, that's where we throw the error 👍