From 8ff270c5f714121f80421b0f885c9242bb730493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:05:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Skip non-existing package when checking for update// Resolve
 #3818

---
 platformio/package/manager/_update.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platformio/package/manager/_update.py b/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
index 1487d0bf..c81e7186 100644
--- a/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
+++ b/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ class PackageManagerUpdateMixin(object):
     def outdated(self, pkg, spec=None):
         assert isinstance(pkg, PackageItem)
         assert not spec or isinstance(spec, PackageSpec)
-        assert os.path.isdir(pkg.path) and pkg.metadata
+        assert pkg.metadata
+
+        if not os.path.isdir(pkg.path):
+            return PackageOutdatedResult(current=pkg.metadata.version)
 
         # skip detached package to a specific version
         detached_conditions = [