diff --git a/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 992c2923..3ac039f2 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ namespace eval punk::cap::handlers::templates {
                                 return 0
                             }
                             set normpath [file normalize $path]
-                            if {!file exists $normpath} {
+                            if {![file exists $normpath]} {
                                 puts stderr "punk::cap::handlers::templates::capsystem::pkg_register WARNING - package '$pkg' is attempting to register with punk::cap as a provider of '$capname' capability but provided a path '$path' which doesn't seem to exist"
                                 return 0
                             }
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ namespace eval punk::cap::handlers::templates {
                     if {$capname ni $::punk::cap::handlers::templates::handled_caps} {
                         lappend ::punk::cap::handlers::templates::handled_caps $capname
                     }
-                    if {![info exists provider_info]  || $extended_capdict ni [dict get $provider_info $pkg]} {
+                    if {![info exists provider_info] || ![dict exists $provider_info $pkg] || $extended_capdict ni [dict get $provider_info $pkg]} {
                         #this checks for duplicates from the same provider - but not if other providers already added the path
                         #review -
                         dict lappend provider_info $pkg $extended_capdict
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-buildversion.txt
index f47d01c8..b5fe9372 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/cap/handlers/templates-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.1.1 - fix: pkg_register 'absolute' pathtype branch had a non-braced expr 'if {!file exists $normpath}' which raised an expr syntax error on any absolute-pathtype provider registration; now correctly tests ![file exists $normpath]
+#0.1.1 - fix: pkg_register duplicate-registration guard did 'dict get $provider_info $pkg' without a dict exists check, erroring for any second provider package registering the same capability
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.1.tm
similarity index 98%
rename from src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.tm
rename to src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.1.tm
index 81496c06..25e73048 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/base-0.1.1.tm
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package provide punk::mix::base [namespace eval punk::mix::base {
 	variable version
-	set version 0.1
+	set version 0.1.1
 }]
+#version history (manually versioned module - real version is the filename/provide value)
+#0.1.1 - fix: get_template_basefolders no-handler warning used 'put' instead of 'puts'; missing-handler path now warns and returns an empty dict instead of erroring on an unset variable
 
 package require punk::path
 package require punk::lib ;#format_number etc
@@ -393,7 +395,8 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::base {
             if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
                 set template_folder_dict [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates folders -startdir $startpath]
             } else {
-                put stderr "get_template_basefolders WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                puts stderr "get_template_basefolders WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                set template_folder_dict [dict create]
             }
 
             #don't sort - order in which encountered defines the precedence - with later overriding earlier
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 4e54f8d5..a8c7a448 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -205,10 +205,11 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::commandset::layout {
             if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
                 set ref_dict [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates get_itemdict_projectlayoutrefs {*}$args]
             } else {
-                put stderr "commandset::layout::lib::layouts_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                puts stderr "commandset::layout::collection::references_as_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                set ref_dict [dict create]
             }
             return $ref_dict
-        }        
+        }
     }
     namespace eval lib {
         proc layouts_dict {args} {
@@ -216,10 +217,11 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::commandset::layout {
             if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
                 set layout_dict [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates get_itemdict_projectlayouts {*}$args]
             } else {
-                put stderr "commandset::layout::lib::layouts_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                puts stderr "commandset::layout::lib::layouts_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+                set layout_dict [dict create]
             }
             return $layout_dict
-        }        
+        }
         
         proc layout_all_files {layout} {
             #todo - allow versionless layout name to pick highest version found
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-buildversion.txt
index f47d01c8..d97a9d8a 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/layout-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.1.1 - fix: no-handler warning paths in collection::references_as_dict and lib::layouts_dict used 'put' instead of 'puts' and then errored on an unset dict variable; they now warn correctly and return an empty dict. references_as_dict warning message no longer misattributes itself to layouts_dict.
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 846d829c..d96bbb48 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::commandset::module {
         if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
             set template_folder_dict [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates get_itemdict_moduletemplates {*}$args]
         } else {
-            put stderr "get_template_basefolders WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+            puts stderr "commandset::module::templates_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+            set template_folder_dict [dict create]
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-buildversion.txt
index f47d01c8..4e49fb57 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/module-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.1.1 - fix: templates_dict no-handler warning path used 'put' instead of 'puts' and left the result variable unset; now warns correctly (attributed to templates_dict rather than get_template_basefolders) and returns an empty dict
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 81a97f11..12e338f2 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::commandset::project {
         if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
             set layout_dict [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates get_itemdict_projectlayouts]
         } else {
-            put stderr "commandset::project::new WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide layout locations"
+            puts stderr "commandset::project::new WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide layout locations"
             return
         }
         if {[dict exists $layout_dict $opt_layout]} {
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-buildversion.txt
index 33a8ca4d..193ba83a 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/project-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-0.2.1
+0.2.2
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.2.2 - fix: new's no-handler warning path used 'put' instead of 'puts' (raised invalid command name error instead of warning)
 #0.2.1 - fix: -layout now validated and normalized via tcl::prefix::match against documented layout choices, matching the PUNKARGS -choiceprefix default (true); previously the manual parser accepted arbitrary values with no validation
 #0.2.0 - updated punkcheck::install call sites to use -exclude-paths / -exclude-paths-core (replaced -antiglob-paths + -exclude-dirsegments) — call-site API change warrants minor bump
 #0.2.0 - updated call sites to use hyphenated flag names (-punkcheck-folder, -exclude-paths-core)
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-999999.0a1.0.tm b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-999999.0a1.0.tm
index 64b50e55..592494ff 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-999999.0a1.0.tm
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-999999.0a1.0.tm
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace eval punk::mix::commandset::scriptwrap {
         if {[punk::cap::capability_has_handler punk.templates]} {
             return [punk::cap::call_handler punk.templates get_itemdict_scriptappwrappers {*}$args]
         } else {
-            put stderr "commandset::scriptwrap::templates_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
+            puts stderr "commandset::scriptwrap::templates_dict WARNING - no handler available for the 'punk.templates' capability - template providers will be unable to provide template locations"
         }
         return
     }
diff --git a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-buildversion.txt b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-buildversion.txt
index f47d01c8..f64b36d7 100644
--- a/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-buildversion.txt
+++ b/src/modules/punk/mix/commandset/scriptwrap-buildversion.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.1
 #First line must be a semantic version number
 #all other lines are ignored.
+#0.1.1 - fix: templates_dict no-handler warning path used 'put' instead of 'puts' (raised invalid command name error instead of warning)