From acde20a14804dd3c6dcc7940cdf49af240c74f58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Techatrix <techatrix@mailbox.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:12:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fetch: fix incorrect error about unneeded lazy dependency in
 system mode

---
 src/Package/Fetch.zig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Package/Fetch.zig b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
index 9fb2ba4f98..0b8e0c367b 100644
--- a/src/Package/Fetch.zig
+++ b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ pub fn run(f: *Fetch) RunError!void {
         } else |err| switch (err) {
             error.FileNotFound => {
                 log.debug("FileNotFound: {f}", .{package_root});
-                if (job_queue.read_only) return f.fail(
+                if (job_queue.read_only and f.lazy_status == .eager) return f.fail(
                     f.name_tok,
                     try eb.printString("package not found at '{f}'", .{package_root}),
                 );