.pyi stub files ignored if there's no corresponding .py file

[Hnasar]

Bug description

pylint should honor .pyi files even if there's no corresponding .py file (and even without --prefer-stubs)

My use-case is having a linting environment without building my compiled extension .so modules.

(although it sounds similar, this is different from #9097, which is for linting the .pyi files — this is about using them to lint other files)

Configuration

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Command used

mkdir -p asdf; echo "import bar" > asdf/foo.py; touch asdf/bar.pyi; pylint -E asdf/foo.py

Pylint output

************* Module foo
asdf/foo.py:1:0: E0401: Unable to import 'bar' (import-error)

Expected behavior

No error.

Workaround

If the .py exists and I pass --prefer-stubs y then it does what I want

mkdir -p asdf; echo "from bar import baz" > asdf/foo.py; \
touch asdf/bar.py; echo "baz = 1" > asdf/bar.pyi; pylint -E --prefer-stubs y asdf/foo.py
# no errors

Pylint version

pylint 3.2.6
astroid 3.2.4
Python 3.11.10 (main, Sep 26 2024, 17:38:01) [GCC 11.2.0]

OS / Environment

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Additional dependencies

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