[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#939001: nodejs: Document current filesystem path for NodeJS modules

[Ben Finney]

Package: nodejs
Version: 12.8.0~dfsg-2
Severity: normal

The current documentation, ‘debian/nodejs.README.Debian’, makes an
absolute recommendation that does not match the package behaviour.

    The global search path for modules is
    /usr/lib/nodejs

    Future packages of node modules will use that directory,
    so it should be used wisely.

The current behaviour of NodeJS packaged in Debian is (according to
changelog entries) to search in the following locations, in order of
preference:

    * "/usr/lib/<$DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH>/nodejs" for c++ addons
    * "/usr/share/nodejs" for pure javascript modules
    * "/usr/lib/nodejs" for smooth migration of current modules

Either the documentation in the change log is wrong, or the binary
package README.Debian is wrong. In either case, please correct the
documentation to accurately reflect the current NodeJS behavour in
Debian.

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Ben Finney <bignose at debian.org>
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