#21954 Pants 2.24 - "IntrinsicError: path_metadata_request error: path for PathNamespace.SYSTEM must an absolute path. Instead, got ``" Issue created by darrenclark Describe the bug On Pants 2.24 I started getting an error when running `pants generate-lockfiles --resolve=nodejs-default`:

$ pants generate-lockfiles --resolve=nodejs-default
10:53:49.91 [ERROR] 1 Exception encountered:

Engine traceback:
  in `generate-lockfiles` goal

IntrinsicError: path_metadata_request error: path for PathNamespace.SYSTEM must an absolute path. Instead, got ``

Pants version 2.24.0 OS MacOS Additional info I tracked down the issue to an empty path (

::

) in my PATH, ie: export PATH=/path/one/path/two:/path/three It'd be nice if the error message included something like "please check your PATH for any empty entries (::)" pantsbuild/pants