[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#901474: Bug#901474: Bug#901474: Bug#901474: [nodejs][RFC] Multiarch and /usr/local search path

[Bastien ROUCARIES]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 11:42 PM, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> wrote:
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> 2018-06-13 23:28 GMT+02:00 Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > 2018-06-13 22:09 GMT+02:00 Bastien ROUCARIÈS
>> > <roucaries.bastien at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> Package: nodejs
>> >> Version: 10.4.0~dfsg-2
>> >> Severity: important
>> >> tags: patch
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> In order to get search path in multiarch path and in /usr/local I use
>> >> the
>> >> following patch
>> >>
>> >> ../..
>> >>
>> >> globalPaths:
>> >>    [ '/home/bastien/.node_modules',
>> >>      '/home/bastien/.node_libraries',
>> >>      '/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nodejs',
>> >>      '/usr/local/share/nodejs',
>> >>      '/usr/local/lib/nodejs',
>> >>      '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nodejs',
>> >>      '/usr/share/nodejs',
>> >>      '/usr/lib/nodejs' ],
>> >>
>> >> I have also added arch triplet because some module will need it.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cool ! I'll take only the fix for the require path of
>> > system-multiarch-installed addons.
>> > (nodejs does not search /usr/local - yarn global does not either - only
>> > npm
>> > might
>> > be concerned).
>>
>> Yes and no.
>>
>> Admin could want to delegate to staff group /usr/local and staff group
>> will install under /usr/local.  It is the policy, and a SHOULD but it
>> is nice to implement and document.
>>
>> But if you see the list is defined in debian/rules. Not hard coded.
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>
>
> nodejs allows one to set NODE_PATH environment variable,
> so there is no need to recompile it to use /usr/local/xxx as a global
> search path.
> The only thing left to do is to properly place the node addon in the right
> place (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/nodejs) - and that can be achieved manually
> or with a patch to npm... which would be easier to achieve if the actual
> triplet was available to nodejs users, since it's "hard to guess".

I disagree here but nevertheless the patch

>
> Jérémy
>
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