Settings-view: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null

[tonyeung]

[Enter steps to reproduce below:]

1. press the update button (going from 8.8.0 to 8.8.1)
2. see error

Atom Version: 1.7.2
System: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
Thrown From: settings-view package, v0.235.1

Stack Trace

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null

At C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\node_modules\settings-view\lib\package-card.js:709

TypeError: Cannot read property 'substr' of null
    at C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\node_modules\settings-view\lib\package-card.js:709:80
    at C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\node_modules\settings-view\lib\package-manager.js:376:51
    at C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\node_modules\settings-view\lib\package-manager.js:403:20
    at exit (C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\node_modules\settings-view\lib\package-manager.js:73:16)
    at triggerExitCallback (C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\src\buffered-process.js:215:47)
    at C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\src\buffered-process.js:229:18
    at Socket.<anonymous> (C:\Users\rduong\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.7.2\resources\app.asar\src\buffered-process.js:100:18)
    at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at Pipe._onclose (net.js:469:12)

Commands

     -8:54.8.0 core:paste (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -8:54.1.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
     -3:38.4.0 core:paste (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  2x -3:37.3.0 core:backspace (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)
  2x -3:28.6.0 core:save (atom-text-editor.editor.is-focused)

Config

{
  "core": {
    "disabledPackages": [
      "drag-drop-text"
    ]
  }
}

Installed Packages

# User
angularjs, v0.3.4
atom-typescript, vundefined
autocomplete-angular-material, v0.4.0
linter, v1.11.4
linter-eslint, vundefined
simple-drag-drop-text, v0.3.0

# Dev
No dev packages

[ArthurZ]

I get upgrading the package too, in Ubuntu 14

[sbmueller]

Same with OS X 10.11

[migueltarga]

Same with OS X 10.10.5

[tonyeung]

If it bothers anyone else as much as it did with me, I just deleted the package from my .atom folder. This is after a few attempts at unistalling it after window refreshes, app restarts and pc restarts. Then installing the new version works. I hope this problem gets fixed so that the next time there's a plugin update I don't have to manually delete and reinstall. This might be a squirrel issue, but I don't have the bandwidth to investigate.

[hacdias]

Same with Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Build 14328.

[50Wliu]

This is a duplicate of #766 - feel free to subscribe there for updates.