`instantiate` does not update registry sometimes?

[nickrobinson251]

I think instantiate does not update registries correctly?

I cloned a package Bar.jl with a dependency on a package Foo, but Foo.jl was only registered since I last updated, and when I ran instantiate Foo did not get installed. It require me specifically running update:

(Bar) pkg> instantiate
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/Company`
  Updating git-repo `git@gitlab.company.ca:company/PrivateRegistry.git`

julia> using Foo
ERROR: ArgumentError: Package Foo [f7bf1965-0170-51b9-8c5f-a992d46b9575] is required but does not seem to be installed:
 - Run `Pkg.instantiate()` to install all recorded dependencies.

(Bar) pkg> up
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/Company`
  Updating git-repo `git@gitlab.company.ca:company/PrivateRegistry.git`
 Resolving package versions...
 Installed Foo ────── v0.1.1
  Updating `~/Documents/code/Bar.jl/Project.toml`
  [f7bf1965] + Foo v0.1.1

(Bar) pkg> instantiate
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/General`
  Updating git-repo `https://github.com/JuliaRegistries/General.git`
  Updating registry at `~/.julia/registries/Company`
  Updating git-repo `git@gitlab.company.ca:company/PrivateRegistry.git`

julia> using Foo
[ Info: Precompiling Foo [f7bf1965-0170-51b9-8c5f-a992d46b9575]```

Julia v1.1.1

Perhaps this is realted to starting Julia with the Bar env instantiated - I ran julia --project=@., and there was only a Project.toml (no Manifest.toml) - maybe that does not update the registries, and then instantiate is a no-op (that claims to be updating the registries?)

[StefanKarpinski]

You can look in ~/.julia/registries/General and ~/.julia/registries/Company and see if they are up-to-date or not. It says it's updating them, why do you think it isn't?

[nickrobinson251]

Seems like a resolve-related thing :) Quoting from julialang slack:

Kristoffer Carlsson [3:53 PM]
If there was no manifest it should have resolved
But that didn't happen