An error when registering the default repository

[ferenczy]

I needed to set up a proxy server for the default PSGallery repository, and because the proxy configuration part of the Register-PSRepository command, I needed to unregister the repository first:

Unregister-PSRepository -Name PSGallery

Then I tried to register it back (removed the proxy configurationsince it doesn't have any impact on the issue):

Register-PSRepository -Default

The repository has actually been registered, but the command produced the following error:

Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: input

According the documentation, there're no mandatory parameters when using the command with the -Default switch (and even that one is optional).

Powershell version: 7.1.3
PowerShellGet version: 2.2.5

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks @ferenczy sounds like you have a workaround and are correct on the expected behavior, we are having some trouble reproducing this...we will plan to make sure this error does not occur in PowerShellGet v3..thanks!

[anamnavi]

Hi @ferenczy, can you run Get-PSRepository and share the output please?

[ferenczy]

@SydneyhSmith Well, it's not exactly a workaround, I have just used everything as it's supposed to be used, it seems to be actually working as it's supposed to work, it just throws an error or a warning in the process. 🙂 Let me know if I can provide you more information or try anything that would help you to reproduce the error, please.

@anamnavi Sure, here it is. The InstallationPolicy was changed to Trusted later:

$ Get-PSRepository

Name                      InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation
----                      ------------------   --------------
PSGallery                 Trusted              https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2

And here's the whole process of unregistering of the default PSGallery repository and registering it back repeated:

$ Unregister-PSRepository -Name PSGallery

$ Get-PSRepository
WARNING: Unable to find module repositories.

$ Register-PSRepository -Default
Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: input

$ Get-PSRepository

Name                      InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation
----                      ------------------   --------------
PSGallery                 Untrusted            https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2

Details of the loaded PowerShellGet module:

$ Get-Module PowerShellGet

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Script     2.2.5                 PowerShellGet                       {Find-Command, Find-DscResource, Find-Module, Find-RoleCapability…}

It's of the type "Script", so it's part of the Powershell Core installation, I guess.

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks for letting us know @ferenczy this shouldnt be an issue with v3 because we will no longer have the dependency on PackageManagement, but we will test against this