mpt crashes when you try to use it to update packages.

[skyem123]

When I run mpt -Syu (or anything with mpt -Sy!) it crashes with

/usr/bin/mpt.lua:338: bad argument #2 (string expected, got boolean)

I haven't dug deeper, but it's worth noting that installing and uninstalling programs seems to work.

[magik6k]

You're likely using an outdated MPT version which was broken by some OPPM package.json

update by

cd /tmp
wget http://mpt.magik6k.net/api/file/mpt/usr/bin/mpt.lua
./mpt.lua -Sy

In Plan9k you may need to run /tmp/mpt.lua after cd-ing to /

[skyem123]

Well... when run the commands you suggested on different systems (with OPPM without MPT, without OPPM without MPT, with OPPM, with MPT), MPT crashes with

/tmp/mpt.lua:391: bad argument #3 (string expected, got boolean)

Which seems similar to the errors that I get when using the version I tried before, but with different arguments and line numbers. 😛

[magik6k]

Can you run mpt -Syuv to see on which oppm repo it crashes?

[skyem123]

Well... this is funny. It's the Plan9k repo!

[ OC     ] Get https://raw.githubysercontent.com/OpenPrograms/Plan9k/master/programs.cfg
/usr/bin/mpt.lua:391: bad argument #3 (string expected, got boolean)

[magik6k]

That's odd, I cannot repro it.. if you have an idea I'll fix it.

[skyem123]

Strange... I'm using Lua 5.2 by the way on OpenOS. Maybe that's it?

[jambonmcyeah]

I have the same issue