I'm running this test in Pharo2.0 using TestRunner. Can someone explain to me why this test would PASS while: - the debugger is not brought up - the description of the exception _is_ displayed in the transcript Error reading repository properties (.filetree): /Users/dhenrich/Pharo2.0/Pharo2.0-portable.app/Contents/Resources/temp/repo :: Error: end of input expected Here's the test method: testWrite [ | packageName version versionInfo | #('CCC') do: [ :pn | self deny: (self hasPackage: pn) ]. packageName := 'CCC'. Gofer new disablePackageCache; repository: (self getTestRepository: 'issue33'); package: packageName; load. self validateTimestamp: 'dkh 11/2/1954 16:15'. #('CCC') do: [ :pn | versionInfo := (MCWorkingCopy allManagers detect: [ :wc | wc packageName = pn ]) ancestors first. version := (self getTestRepository: 'issue33') versionWithInfo: versionInfo. (self getTestRepository: 'empty') storeVersion: version ] ] on: Error do: [:ex | self halt. Transcript cr; show: ex description. ex pass] The test passes with flying colors if I run it from a workspace as well: MCFileTreeIssue33Test debug: #testWrite I'd kinda like to debug this test failure:( Using Pharo2.0-20610 from Pharo2.0-portable download (in the last day or two). Dale