packages field missing or empty error message shows when trying to install dependencies

[jdwilkin4]

I have cloned the repo and setup the .env file following the README. but when I try to install dependencies(pnpm i) then I see this error

When I googled this error, I found this related issues

pnpm/pnpm#8968

It looks like this issue is related to the pnpm-workspace.yaml file was a added a few weeks ago.

I added the following to the file and it worked.

packages:
  - 'packages/*'

not sure if that is the correct pattern to use though.

[a2937]

We use the same sort of file in the main repository too.

Sample workspace file: https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp/blob/main/pnpm-workspace.yaml

https://pnpm.io/pnpm-workspace_yaml

That being said, I didn't have any issues on my WSL 2 machine.

I only modified the .env file because I wanna seed my database.

Node : v20.8.1 (because I use nvm and forgot to update again)
PNPM: 10.11.0

[jdwilkin4]

When I tried it on a different computer, then it worked normally.
So there must have been a fluke in the moment. So I will close this issue