Couldn't read package.json of local dependency

[NullVoxPopuli]

Verify latest release

• I verified that the issue exists in the latest pnpm release

pnpm version

9.0.6

Which area(s) of pnpm are affected? (leave empty if unsure)

CLI

Link to the code that reproduces this issue or a replay of the bug

universal-ember/ember-primitives#257

Reproduction steps

git clone [email protected]:universal-ember/ember-primitives.git
cd ember-primitives
git checkout repro-for-pnpm
pnpm i

Describe the Bug

This error:

❯ pnpm i
Scope: all 5 workspace projects
<repo>/docs-app:
 ERROR  Couldn't read package.json of local dependency ember-primitives@workspace:*

This error happened while installing a direct dependency of <repo>/docs-app

pnpm: Couldn't read package.json of local dependency ember-primitives@workspace:*
    at resolveAndFetch (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:130917:17)
    at resolveDependency (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:175399:49)
    at async resolveDependenciesOfDependency (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:175169:39)
    at async Promise.all (index 80)
    at async 🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:174930:48
    at async Promise.all (index 1)
    at async resolveDependenciesOfImporters (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:174919:30)
    at async resolveRootDependencies (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:174859:74)
    at async resolveDependencyTree (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:175848:49)
    at async resolveDependencies (🏠/.volta/tools/image/pnpm/9.0.6/dist/pnpm.cjs:178373:155)

Expected Behavior

no error

Which Node.js version are you using?

20.12.2

Which operating systems have you used?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

If your OS is a Linux based, which one it is? (Include the version if relevant)

Ubuntu

[NullVoxPopuli]

if I delete the lockfile, pnpm i works 😅

[NullVoxPopuli]

the lockfile went from version 6 to version 9 -- so maybe this is just a requirement of pnpm 9 🤷 idk -- good enough for me!