[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#715325: Bug#715325: npm: leaves lots of stuff in /tmp

[Jérémy Lal]

On 08/07/2013 05:08, Shawn Landden wrote:
> Package: npm
> Version: 1.2.18~dfsg-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> I installed a few packages yesterday, and today realized npm was wasting 50M
> of my ram with copies of what it downloaded still in /tmp/npm-# folders
> 
> it should clean this up, put it in /var/cache, and/or have a command to clean up

Issue reproduced.
As a quick workaround, you can create ~/tmp and npm will use that instead.
Otherwise i believe those leftovers are a bug.

Jérémy.