No install when nuget package dependency has been unlisted.

[philderbeast]

Paket cannot install a nuget package with a dependency on another nuget package when that other package has been unlisted. This is reproducable with the following minimal paket.dependencies ..

source https://nuget.org/api/v2
nuget ServiceStack.Host.AspNet

C:\...>.paket\paket install
Paket version 2.27.10.0
Resolving packages for group Main:
 - ServiceStack.Host.AspNet 4.0.48
 - ServiceStack.OrmLite.SqlServer 4.0.48
 - ServiceStack.Server 4.0.48
Paket failed with:
        Could not find versions for package WebActivator in any of the sources in ["https://nuget.org/api/v2"].

"The owner has unlisted this package. This could mean that the package is deprecated or shouldn't be used anymore."
SOURCE: https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebActivator

Even with this unlisted dependency nuget.exe itself can be used to install. Both the following nuget installs work ...

C:\..>nuget install ServiceStack.Host.AspNet

C:\...>nuget install WebActivator -Version 1.5.3

[philderbeast]

Paket also fails on other commands, such as upgrade.

[philderbeast]

I was able to work around this problem by adding one line to the paket.dependencies file, in order to pickup the package that I had already installed before it became unlisted ...

source https://nuget.org/api/v2
source packages

nuget ServiceStack.Host.AspNet

[forki]

I jus talked to @maartenba - seems it's a NuGet v3 issue.

[forki]

root cause is https://api-v3search-0.nuget.org/autocomplete?id=WebActivator&take=100000&prerelease=true doesn't show versions.

I worked around that, by retrying with v2 if no versions are reported.

[forki]

@maartenba suggested to use https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/WebActivator/index.json instead