If you run `Pkg.register("YourPkgName")` at the Julia REPL, it will
generate that folder for you (complete with the commit hashes).Does that work for you? On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Samuel S. Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, that's a fair point. What I should have said is that my interpretation > of what he said wasn't the right thing to do. It hinges on what stuff is > supposed to be added to the directory. I had assumed it was the package > stuff, and in fact it's supposed to be a directory containing some version > information and a url. I can see why my original interpretation doesn't > make sense. Nevertheless, it seems to me that the step of > finding/generating this package metadata directory is nontrivial (e.g., it > includes some long alphanumeric string). Can someone fill me in? > > On Friday, September 5, 2014 9:39:45 AM UTC-4, Jacob Quinn wrote: >> >> "wasn't the right thing to do"... >> >> I don't think I'd say that. It's essentially what Pkg.publish() is doing >> underneath anyway (or tries to do). The steps he listed are actually how I >> bump packages all the time, since I've had troubles with Pkg.publish() as >> well. >> >> -Jacob >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Samuel S. Watson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> For the record, I tried Mauro's suggestion, and it worked but it wasn't >>> the right thing to do. And the step where I'm stuck is Pkg.publish(), not >>> Pkg.register(). That's the one that the documentation says often breaks, >>> and it also doesn't take any arguments, which makes me think it's going to >>> publish all my registered packages, which I'm not ready to do. >>> >>>> >>>> >>
