From f61de1db99c0b4ba86f1fef2e8517d85d24af689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 10:36:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: cannot set property name of which has only a getter
 (#5574)

close #5572
---
 .changeset/wet-hornets-cheat.md | 5 +++++
 packages/pnpm/src/err.ts        | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/wet-hornets-cheat.md

diff --git a/.changeset/wet-hornets-cheat.md b/.changeset/wet-hornets-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebc5328fd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-hornets-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Don't fail if cannot override the name field of the error object [#5572](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/5572).
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/err.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/err.ts
index 346a15a4996..4cca3edb2e8 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/err.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/err.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ export default function err (error: Error) {
     return
   }
   if (error.name != null && error.name !== 'pnpm' && !error.name.startsWith('pnpm:')) {
-    error.name = 'pnpm'
+    try {
+      error.name = 'pnpm'
+    } catch {
+      // Sometimes the name property is read-only
+    }
   }
 
   // bole passes only the name, message and stack of an error