Subject: [bug#51838] [PATCH v2 10/26] gnu: node-llparse-builder-bootstrap: Use #:absent-dependencies.

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 08:44:29 +0100

Am Freitag, den 19.11.2021, 23:33 -0500 schrieb Philip McGrath:
> gnu/packages/node.scm (node-llparse-builder-bootstrap)[arguments]:
> Add `#:absent-dependencies`. Stop deleting the `'configure` phase.
> Add a new phase `#:delete-package-lock` to remove the
> problematic "package-lock.json".
> ---
>  gnu/packages/node.scm | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/node.scm b/gnu/packages/node.scm
> index 98a51276e7..9d4903a8ca 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/node.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/node.scm
> @@ -479,9 +479,21 @@ (define-public node-llparse-builder-bootstrap
>      (arguments
>       `(#:node ,node-bootstrap
>         #:tests? #f
> +       #:absent-dependencies
> +       `("@types/mocha"
> +         "@types/node"
> +         "mocha"
> +         "ts-node"
> +         "tslint"
> +         "typescript")
>         #:phases
>         (modify-phases %standard-phases
> -         (delete 'configure)
> +         (add-before 'configure 'remove-package-lock
> +           ;; Having package-lock.json seems to cause npm
> +           ;; to look for things on the internet in the configure
> phase,
> +           ;; even if we have them properly installed.
> +           (lambda args
> +             (delete-file-recursively "package-lock.json")))
I think a simple delete-file ought to work.  This should also be done
by configure or similar, compare cargo-build-system.