PEAR repository type does not process PEAR installer dependency #6413

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PEAR repository type does not process PEAR installer dependency

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composer/composer#6413

Current situation:

➔ rm -rf composer.lock vendor/
➔ composer install
Loading composer repositories with package information
Initializing PEAR repository https://pear.php.net
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Installing pear-pear.php.net/mail_mime (1.10.0): Loading from cache  - Installing pear-pear.php.net/mail_mimedecode (1.5.6): Loading from cacheWriting lock file
Generating autoload files
➔

Expected result:

pear-pear.php.net/pear or pear/pear-core-minimal installed as well.

composer.json

{
        "repositories": [
                {
                        "type": "pear",
                        "url": "https://pear.php.net",
                        "vendor-alias": "pear"
                }
        ],
        "require": {
                "pear-pear.php.net/mail_mimedecode": "*"
        }
}