pcall returning true for a non existing plugin or module

[Antony-AXS]

Description

When using pcall to safely load a Lua module via require, the call unexpectedly returns true and a non-nil result (often true), even if the module does not exist in the filesystem. This behavior leads to false positives, making it appear as though the module was loaded successfully.

This issue seems to occur because pcall is returning true for the protected call, even when require fails to find the module. As a result, pcall is unable to reliably distinguish between a successfully loaded module and a missing or unavailable module, leading to subtle bugs when relying on pcall(require, ...) as a check for module existence.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. type pcall(require("non-existing-package")) in the neovim command line you will get a response like ''true, true"
2. Since 'strive' is not installed, the error ends up occurring.

Screencast.from.30-04-25.12.18.18.PM.IST.webm

Screenshots
line number 136 is where the error happens

[Antony-AXS]

Wouldn't it be better to place the strive pcall inside the else block of the lazy pcall check? and if the lazy is already installed ?
with type check for the second variable in the if condition it would solve the issue