Unable to load package modules when JULIA_PKGDIR is set on Windows

[ulfworsoe]

Setting JULIA_PKGDIR on windows causes Julia to be unable to load installed packages.

When JULIA_PKGDIR is not set, I can do Pkg.add("FactCheck"); using FactCheck. When JULIA_PKGDIR is set (to a directory with read and write permissions) I can still add packages, but using and import fails with this message:

julia> using FactCheck
ERROR: ArgumentError: Module FactCheck not found in current path.
Run `Pkg.add("FactCheck")` to install the FactCheck package.
 in require(::Symbol) at .\loading.jl:365�

The package is correctly cloned into %JULIA_PKGDIR%\v0.5\FactCheck. I can see that there is no %JULIA_PKGDIR%\lib.

I am using:

Version 0.5.0 (2016-09-19 18:14 UTC)
Official http://julialang.org/ release
x86_64-w64-mingw32�

on a Windows Server 2012.

[nalimilan]

What's the contents of the JULIA_PKGDIR variable? Does it contain non-ASCII characters by chance?

[vtjnash]

possibly fixed by #19291

[ulfworsoe]

@nalimilan No non-ASCII characters, no spaces: "JULIA_PKGDIR=C:\Users\ulfw\juliapkg"

@vtjnash It appears to have been fixed in the latest nightly. I'll just close this ticket.