[MacPorts] #32456: npm executable not found after installing nodejs port
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Fri Dec 9 02:40:28 PST 2011
#32456: npm executable not found after installing nodejs port
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Reporter: conradwt@… | Owner: ciserlohn@…
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3
Resolution: fixed | Keywords: haspatch
Port: nodejs, npm |
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Changes (by ciserlohn@…):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => fixed
Comment:
Replying to [comment:12 ryandesign@…]:
> It seems that for some reason, on your system, npm is getting installed
directly to /opt/local/lib/node_modules, bypassing the destroot.
>
> The port is installing npm by the following mechanism:
> {{{
> system -W ${destroot}${prefix}/lib "${prefix}/bin/node
${worksrcpath}/cli.js install ${worksrcpath}"
> }}}
> This relies on npm's behavior of creating a node_modules directory
inside the current directory (${destroot}${prefix}/lib) and installing
things there -- but only if a node_modules directory is not found in any
parent directory. You showed in your transcript that you deleted the
node_modules directory and yet it still happened. And I cannot reproduce
it even if I create a node_modules directory beforehand. But I still
suspect the problem relates to this.
>
> I've attached [attachment:npm.destroot.diff a patch] which simplifies
the destroot considerably by switching to use npm's own global install
mechanism, and telling it explicitly where we want files to go. The global
switch also tells npm to install programs and manpage symlinks, so we no
longer need to do that manually. This patch works for me, but since I was
never able to reproduce the problem, can you test the patch and see if it
resolves it for you? You will have to run the "sudo rm -rf" command from
above again first or you will run into the same activation error.
Thanks. Committed in r87856.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/32456#comment:14>
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