[MacPorts] #48127: npm 2.11.2 fails user prefix build

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#48127: npm 2.11.2 fails user prefix build
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  Reporter:  mtb19@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.3.3
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:  npm      |
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Comment (by ryandesign@…):

 On my normal root MacPorts installation, I get:

 {{{
 npm WARN cannot run in wd npm at 2.11.3 node bin/npm-cli.js prune --prefix=.
 --no-global && rimraf test/*/*/node_modules && make -j4 doc
 (wd=/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_rschmidt_macports_dports_devel_npm/npm/work/package)
 }}}

 I don't know why it cannot run the command on my system but does attempt
 to do so on your system, but I also don't know why the npm build wants to
 run the command at all. Certainly, it would not be right to try to run the
 `rimraf` command when that command does not exist. (`rimraf` is a cross-
 platform implementation of `rm -rf`.) This command line appears in npm's
 package.json in the `prepublish` key. We're just asking to install npm,
 not publish anything, so I don't understand why a prepublish step is being
 run, but maybe I don't know what npm means by "publish". In any case, it
 sounds like a mistake in the npm build system, which you should report to
 the developers of npm.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48127#comment:2>
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