Non-existent port dependencies with version overrides cause no error output

[dforsten]

Describe the bug
When adding a bogus dependency in the vcpkg.json file including a version override like:

{
    "dependencies": [
        "non-existent-port"
    ],
    "overrides": [
        { "name": "non-existent-port", "version": "1.0.0", "port-version": 2 }
    ]
}

executing "vcpkg install" will not report any error and silently fail:

E:\branches_e\vcpkg_baseline_bug\bogus_official>vcpkg install
Fetching registry information from https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg (HEAD)...

Environment

• OS: Windows
• Compiler: N/A
• vcpkg: 2024-02-07-8a83681f921b10d86ae626fd833c253f4f8c355b

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Install the latest vcpkg as described at https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/vcpkg/get_started/get-started?pivots=shell-cmd
2. Add a non-existent port with version override as described above
3. Run "vcpkg install"
4. No error is reported

Expected behavior
Non-existent ports should be reported as error on install, even if it is a version override.

[MonicaLiu0311]

This is my result:

PS G:\vcpkg> ./vcpkg install
warning: In the September 2023 release, the default triplet for vcpkg libraries changed from x86-windows to the detected host triplet (x64-windows). For the old behavior, add --triplet x86-windows . To suppress this message, add --triplet x64-windows .
non-existent-port does not exist

[dforsten]

vcpkg actually crashes in this case.

I debugged the issue and submitted a pull request fixing the crash and properly reporting a descriptive error:
microsoft/vcpkg-tool#1357

[dforsten]

Why this issue is categorized as "question" is not clear to me.
It is a straight crash of the application!

[dforsten]

The PR fixing this issue is now merged:
microsoft/vcpkg-tool#1357