pnpm i linking to non-existent package when

[rxliuli]

pnpm version: 7.27.1

Code to reproduce the issue:

When executing pnpm i @types/@gera2ld/tarjs, the dependency "tarjs": "link:@types/@gera2ld/tarjs" will be added, there are two problems here

1. @types/@gera2ld/tarjs does not seem to be a legal npm package name, why it can be parsed and executed successfully
2. After pnpm i, there is only one empty file under node_modules because @types/@gera2ld/tarjs cannot be found

Expected behavior:

The correct behavior should be that an error should be thrown when installing such a non-existing package?

Actual behavior:

Additional information:

• node -v prints: v18.14.0
• Windows, macOS, or Linux?: macOS m2

[await-ovo]

Could we throw a meaningful error just on pnpm add If the linked local path does not have a manifest:

I'm not sure if issues that have been fixed before will reappear, such as #3983 and #5125

cc @zkochan

[zkochan]

No, we don't have to throw an error in this case. It works as expected.