Never mind this.  I had special chars in the filename.  Resolved.

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From: "Rob Withers" <reefedjib at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:41 PM
To: "Squeak Dev" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Subject: Failing to publish in Monticello to local package-cache.

> I traced it down to this method, where fileName = 'C:\Squeak 
> 4.1\package-cache\LayeredProtocol
> -rww.2.mcz' and writeMode = true.
>
>
> StandardFileStream>>#open: fileName forWrite: writeMode
> "Open the file with the given name. If writeMode is true, allow writing, 
> otherwise open the file in read-only mode."
> "Changed to do a GC and retry before failing ar 3/21/98 17:25"
> | f |
> f := fileName asVmPathName.
> fileID := StandardFileStream retryWithGC:[self primOpen: f writable: 
> writeMode]
> until:[:id| id notNil]
> forFileNamed: fileName.
> fileID ifNil: [^ nil].  "allows sender to detect failure"
>
> The call to #primOpen:writable: is failing silently and returning nil.  I 
> have no file by this name on my file system.
>
> This is preventing me from publishing anything.  Here is the strange 
> thing...I can publish my other project.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob