pipenv check command crashes with FileNotFoundError if the Pipfile.lock does not exist.

[jclopes]

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Issue description

The check command crashes on a freshly new project.
pipenv, version 2023.12.1

Expected result

Check completed and passed since there is nothing there.

Actual result

The check command crashes with the exception FileNotFoundError and refers to the 'Pipfile.lock' missing.

File "/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv/project.py", line 1292, in load_lockfile
with open(self.lockfile_location, encoding="utf-8") as lock:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/uuuuu/xxxxxx/Pipfile.lock'

Steps to replicate

Created a new environment with the shell command:
$ pipenv shell

Executed a check command immediately after:
$ pipenv check

---

$ pipenv --support

Pipenv version: '2023.12.1'

Pipenv location: '/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv'

Python location: '/usr/bin/python'

OS Name: 'posix'

User pip version: '23.3.2'

user Python installations found:

PEP 508 Information:

{'implementation_name': 'cpython',
 'implementation_version': '3.11.8',
 'os_name': 'posix',
 'platform_machine': 'x86_64',
 'platform_python_implementation': 'CPython',
 'platform_release': '6.8.4-arch1-1',
 'platform_system': 'Linux',
 'platform_version': '#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:14:23 +0000',
 'python_full_version': '3.11.8',
 'python_version': '3.11',
 'sys_platform': 'linux'}

System environment variables:

• SHELL
• COLORTERM
• XDG_SESSION_PATH
• PIPENV_ACTIVE
• I3SOCK
• LC_ADDRESS
• LC_NAME
• DESKTOP_SESSION
• LC_MONETARY
• KITTY_PID
• XCURSOR_SIZE
• EDITOR
• XDG_SEAT
• PWD
• XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP
• LOGNAME
• XDG_SESSION_TYPE
• DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID
• KITTY_PUBLIC_KEY
• MOTD_SHOWN
• PIP_PYTHON_PATH
• HOME
• LANG
• LC_PAPER
• VIRTUAL_ENV
• SWAYSOCK
• WAYLAND_DISPLAY
• KITTY_WINDOW_ID
• XDG_SEAT_PATH
• XDG_SESSION_CLASS
• LC_IDENTIFICATION
• TERM
• TERMINFO
• USER
• PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK
• PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN
• DISPLAY
• SHLVL
• LC_TELEPHONE
• LC_MEASUREMENT
• XDG_VTNR
• XDG_SESSION_ID
• VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT
• PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
• XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
• PS1
• DEBUGINFOD_URLS
• LC_TIME
• BROWSER
• PATH
• DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
• MAIL
• KITTY_INSTALLATION_DIR
• LC_NUMERIC
• OLDPWD
• _
• PYTHONFINDER_IGNORE_UNSUPPORTED

Pipenv–specific environment variables:

• PIPENV_ACTIVE: 1

Debug–specific environment variables:

• PATH: /home/joao/.local/share/virtualenvs/squire-wars-YrXI7IIf/bin:/home/joao/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl:/home/joao/bin
• SHELL: /bin/bash
• EDITOR: helix
• LANG: en_US.UTF-8
• PWD: /home/joao/workspace/squire-wars
• VIRTUAL_ENV: /home/joao/.local/share/virtualenvs/squire-wars-YrXI7IIf

---

Contents of Pipfile ('/home/joao/workspace/squire-wars/Pipfile'):

[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true
name = "pypi"

[packages]

[dev-packages]

[requires]
python_version = "3.11"