Subject: Re: bug#23744: guix: npm don't run

From: [email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès)
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:08:22 +0200

[email-masked] (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> "Jovany Leandro G.C" <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> this distro it's amazing i very happy using it.
>
> Thanks for your kind words.  :-)
>
>> i install **guix package -i npm** version *6.0.0* node 
>> and when try **npm** this throws:
>>
>> ~~~
>> Error: Cannot find module '../lib/npm.js'
>>     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:438:15)
>>     at Function.Module._load (module.js:386:25)
>>     at Module.require (module.js:466:17)
>>     at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
>>     at /gnu/store/y98akn298a47sn3f7c19pzw98jw9a14b-node-6.0.0/bin/npm:26:13
>>     at Object.<anonymous>
>> (/gnu/store/y98akn298a47sn3f7c19pzw98jw9a14b-node-6.0.0/bin/npm:76:3)
>> at Module._compile (module.js:541:32) at Object.Module._extensions..js
>> (module.js:550:10) at Module.load (module.js:456:32)
>>     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:415:12)
>> ~~~
>>
>> i fix for working:
>>
>> create a file $HOME/bin/npm
>> ~~~
>> #!/bin/sh
>> node $HOME/.guix-profile/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js $@
>> ~~~
>
> This seems to be related to:
>
>   http://bugs.gnu.org/23723
>
> Jelle: I gather you have a patch around that changes or removes the
> ‘patch-shebangs’ phase for npm?  Could you submit it on guix-devel?

I pushed a workaround in Node itself as commit
2de091f0c8ee143b1dd07483b3b86a31870342c0.

Eventually we’ll push Jelle’s fix for #23723, but since that’s a
rebuild-the-world change, it’ll be some time before it’s available, so
this workaround is our best bet for now.

Thanks!

Ludo’.