Composer update | install Undefined index: name

解决

以Laravel6.x为例
修改 vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/PackageManifest.php
中的build方法

    /**
     * Build the manifest and write it to disk.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function build()
    {
        $packages = [];

        if ($this->files->exists($path = $this->vendorPath.'/composer/installed.json')) {
            # $packages =  json_decode($this->files->get($path), true)；
            # 增加这段代码
            $installed = json_decode($this->files->get($path), true);
            $packages = $installed['packages'] ?? $installed;
        }

        $ignoreAll = in_array('*', $ignore = $this->packagesToIgnore());

        $this->write(collect($packages)->mapWithKeys(function ($package) {
            return [$this->format($package['name']) => $package['extra']['laravel'] ?? []];
        })->each(function ($configuration) use (&$ignore) {
            $ignore = array_merge($ignore, $configuration['dont-discover'] ?? []);
        })->reject(function ($configuration, $package) use ($ignore, $ignoreAll) {
            return $ignoreAll || in_array($package, $ignore);
        })->filter()->all());
    }

出问题的原因

看了解决问题的代码，我想你应该知道为什么了
composer高低版本的差异体现在installed.json中存储结构变动
Laravle8.x是对高版本composer做了兼容，其它版本就不知道了(我没看过其它版本源码)