[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1001526: On node-svgo

[Pirate Praveen]

On ശ, ഡിസം 11 2021 at 05:38:11 വൈകു +0100 +0100, Yadd 
<yadd at debian.org> wrote:
> On 11/12/2021 17:35, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On ശ, ഡിസം 11 2021 at 05:28:13 വൈകു +0100 +0100, 
>> Yadd <yadd at debian.org> wrote:
>>> On 11/12/2021 16:21, Pirate Praveen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On ശ, ഡിസം 11 2021 at 01:48:18 വൈകു +0100 +0100, 
>>>> Julien Puydt <julien.puydt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le samedi 11 décembre 2021 à 13:24 +0100, Yadd a écrit :
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  echo -n require > debian/tests/pkg-js/SKIP
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good one!
>>>>> 
>>>>> How does one test an import-able module?
>>>> 
>>>> Create test.mjs as
>>>> import {loadJsonFile} from 'load-json-file';
>>>> 
>>>> node test.mjs
>>>> 
>>>> or more generic
>>>> import * as loadJSONFile from 'load-json-file';
>>>> 
>>>> or even simpler
>>>> 
>>>> import 'load-json-file';
>>> 
>>> This does not work with node 12
>> 
>> I tested in node 12 only
>> 
>> load-json-file was installed via npm i load-json-file
>> 
>> (debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$ cat test.mjs
>> import 'load-json-file';(debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$ node -v
>> v12.22.7
>> (debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$ apt policy nodejs
>> nodejs:
>>   Installed: 12.22.7~dfsg-2
>>   Candidate: 12.22.7~dfsg-2
>>   Version table:
>>      16.13.0~dfsg-5 1
>>           1 http://deb.debian.org/debian experimental/main amd64 
>> Packages
>> *** 12.22.7~dfsg-2 500
>>         500 http://deb.debian.org/debian sid/main amd64 Packages
>>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>> (debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$ node test.mjs
>> (debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$ echo $?
>> 0
>> (debian-sid)pravi at mahishi:/tmp$
> 
> I understand, this works because you download it in node_modules. 
> This does not work with an installed module

Then it should be fixed in nodejs itself, right? Like how we did for 
commonjs. Or does ES6 prohibit global installations?

For testing, we could probably add a symbolic link like with extlinks. 
I think it is better than skipping.