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?

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.