[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#933007: Bug#933007: pkg-js-tools: Automatically link components in node_modules directory

[Xavier]

Le 25/07/2019 à 20:08, Pirate Praveen a écrit :
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> On 2019, ജൂലൈ 25 11:15:50 PM IST, Xavier Guimard <yadd at debian.org> wrote:
>> Package: pkg-js-tools
>> Version: 0.8.1
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> When using components in node modules, the best way to use them is to
>> install them in node_modules/ directory. However, dpkg-source install
>> them at the top source directory under a directory named by "component"
>> field value (debian/watch).
>>
>> The idea here is, before build, to automatically read debian/watch to
>> find
>> components, read <component>/package.json to find the node name and
>> create a link "../<component> => <node-name>" in node_modules directory
>> (created on-the-fly). Also, it will remove automatically node_modules
>> directory during dh_clean step.
>> Then no need to overwrite NODE_PATH in debian/rules.
>>
>> Any comment is welcome here ;-).
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> Good idea. It would be nice if we can somehow automate installation too, instead of adding each module in debian/install. May be we can read package.json#dependencies to determine which should be installed (but it can get complex if we consider whole dependency tree). Or provide debian/node_modules file to explicitly list the node modules to be installed.

Good idea! By default, all component will be installed in
/usr/share/nodejs or /usr/lib/nodejs depending on "Architecture" field
value, if debian/nodeSubmodules exists, then only component listed here
will be installed. To install in nodejs root directory, a custom
debian/install will be required

Only component/**.(js|json|node) files will be installed except
component/test*