dub add <packagename> ignores local packages

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System information

• DUB version 1.38.1, built on Jul 4 2024
• Linux Mint 21 (ubuntu/debian) 5.15.0-107-generic 117-Ubuntu SMP (x86_64)

Bug Description

dub add <local_package> does not find the package.
also, "dub list" does not list local packages. The list shows only the users .dub/packages directories and ignores anything inside the local-packages.json file which might exist in that location.

It is my understanding, from the docs and some experimenting, that using dub add-local <local_package_path> will create an entry in .dub/packages/local-packages.json. So this is not really an "add" package but rather a "register" package but I digress.

So after calling:
dub add-local <local_package>
I would expect to be able to list said package by:
dub list
and I would expect to be able to add a dependency to another project by calling:
dub add <local_package>

In order to fix this, I need to edit the dub.json file and add an entry to the dependencies property:
"dependencies": {
"local_package": "~master"
},

How to reproduce?

create a new <project_dep> using dub init
create the source file <project_dep>/source<project_dep>
edit the file and add
module <project_dep>;
and also create a short test function and then:
dub build
to check you have create a lib.a file

run:
dub add-local <project_dep>
which will (should) make the project_dep available as a dependency and creates an entry in .dub/packages/local-packages.json

next create a new <project_main> using dub init
edit <project_main>/source/app.d and add the line
import <project_dep>;
and in main(), make a call to the function created in the <project_dep> project.
now run:
dub add <project_dep>

and there will be the error message
Error Could not find package 'project_dep'.

Expected Behavior

I would expect the <project_dep> to be added to dub.json as:
"dependencies": {
"local_package": "~master"
},

Indeed, if this added manually, then the project will compile using dub build.