Resolved (Case 1336903) Exporting a package is broken

Using 2021.2.0a17 I wanted to export a very small package containing two scripts. Normally the operation should be instantaneous but nothing happened; Unity froze and I had to kill its process in the task manager.

in my project directory, in the "Temp" folder I found another directory named "Export Package" containing another folder named by a series of numbers, itself containing an "asset.meta" file.

Opened in a text editor the "asset.meta" file reads:

Code (CSharp):

1. fileFormatVersion: 2
2. guid: 2719456758e79395081b451df67840e4
3. folderAsset: yes
4. DefaultImporter:
5.   externalObjects: {}
6.   userData:
7.   assetBundleName:
8.   assetBundleVariant:

And there was a warning in the console but I couldn't access the console, Unity being frozen, I just got what the editor showed at the bottom of the screen:

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Updating the thread with case number: 1336903.

 

@LeonhardP

Here we go, my bug reports are rejected again because I'm not using the "right" Linux distribution:

Not counting the *** recommendation at the end of it...

I suppose all the others will be rejected too. What's the use then?

Edit: apparently, the bug was tested under Ubuntu and wasn't reproduced. That's what the qa team should've said in the first place instead of slamming the "you don't use the right Linux" door at my face.

 

Exporting a package is broken only in 2021.2.0a17 and a few previous alpha versions and all my projects are created on the external SSD mentioned.

To make things clearer (I hope):

1. Linux is installed on an external SSD,
2. this external SSD has two partitions,
3. on one of them the editors are installed,
4. on the other the projects are installed.

I've never had any problems with that organisation.

Now I'm waiting for a20 (since a18 and a19 have been cancelled) to see if this happens in that version too.

 

In the meantime, I tried exporting a package a last time in 2021.2.0a17. I created a new project, added a script, for good measure, and launched the process. 40 minutes later, still no package. The last line of the log is that one:

Code (CSharp):

1. Start ondemand import (priority Urgent): Assets/Scenes (Guid(8aae9321f5eb4f80db485559185a154b) Importer(815301076,1909f56bfc062723c751e8b465ee728b))

 

Ha ha! Fixed in 0a19!