Meteor Package.describe() method doesn't exist after 0.9 upgrade

Question

I'm getting the following error after newly upgrading to Meteor 0.9.0.1 and updating my package.js file to match documentation on packages

W20140903-17:30:20.305(-4)? (STDERR) /Users/admin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.26.p03e91++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:173
W20140903-17:30:20.305(-4)? (STDERR)                        throw(ex);
W20140903-17:30:20.306(-4)? (STDERR)                              ^
W20140903-17:30:20.308(-4)? (STDERR) TypeError: Object #<Object> has no method 'describe'
W20140903-17:30:20.308(-4)? (STDERR)     at app/zeroasterisk:throttle/package.js:1:44
W20140903-17:30:20.308(-4)? (STDERR)     at app/zeroasterisk:throttle/package.js:22:3
W20140903-17:30:20.309(-4)? (STDERR)     at /Development/Meteor/Meteor-Throttle-Example/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:161:10
W20140903-17:30:20.309(-4)? (STDERR)     at Array.forEach (native)
W20140903-17:30:20.309(-4)? (STDERR)     at Function._.each._.forEach (/Users/admin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.26.p03e91++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
W20140903-17:30:20.309(-4)? (STDERR)     at /Development/Meteor/Meteor-Throttle-Example/.meteor/local/build/programs/server/boot.js:82:5
=> Exited with code: 8

$ meteor --version
Meteor 0.9.0.1

$ meteor list
standard-app-packages   1.0.0  Include a standard set of Meteor packages in y...
autopublish             1.0.0  Publish the entire database to all clients
insecure                1.0.0  Allow all database writes by default
bootstrap-3             0.0.0  Provides bootstrap 3.
showdown                1.0.0  Markdown-to-HTML processor
underscore              1.0.0  Collection of small helpers: _.map, _.each, ...
package-version-parser  1.0.6  Parses Meteor Smart Package version string
zeroasterisk:throttle   0.2.1  A secure means of limiting interactions (email...

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... can you?

Abandoned

Hmm... package.js looks fine. Maybe try re-installing meteor mv ~/.meteor ~/.meteor.bak && curl https://install.meteor.com | sh, then if no dice, lodge a bug at https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues – Recha

Answer 1

I just had the same issue. The problem here is that you have the package in the root app folder app/zeroasterisk:throttle when it should be app/packages/zeroasterisk:throttle. Put your package inside the packages folder and it'll be solved.

Tetragonal

Answer 2

you can to try read the official guide for the packages migration. In this guide explains how to fix broken packages. The url is

https://hackpad.com/Migrating-Packages-zN0we9sIjkH

Topfull

Answer 3

Thanks for the suggestions -- as it turns out, it must have been some other Package. I created a new Meteor app and added my Package and it worked fine :/

So I don't know the exact cause, perhaps something overwriting the Package object, but anyway getting around it was easy enough.

Abandoned

Answer 4

I was having an issue that was preventing me from deploying my app. The reason was that I had a packages directory defined in my client folder (app/client/packages). This should however be in the main directory of the project (app/packages). After I removed package folder in the client folder the application was able to deploy without a problem.

I had a Package.describe() method call that was throwing an error which helped me track down this problem.

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