[Pkg-javascript-devel] Typescript and Debian directories

[Yadd]

Le 05/05/2021 à 11:04, Jérémy Lal a écrit :
> Hello, i'm all right patching typescript, but that would mean local
> installs of typescript
> wouldn't find the modules anyway.
> So... do you know if a local user install of typescript is going to want
> to discover global modules ?
>
> If not, then it's okay to patch typescript and i think i can do it...

It just requires a debian/links in node-typescript (or in nodejs):

usr/share/nodejs usr/share/node_modules
usr/lib/nodejs   usr/lib/node_modules
usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/nodejs
usr/lib/${DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH}/node_modules

> Jérémy
> 
> 
> Le mer. 5 mai 2021 à 09:50, Yadd <yadd at debian.org
> <mailto:yadd at debian.org>> a écrit :
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
>     as you probably already know, Typescript has a poor module search
>     support. That's why pkg-js-tools supports
>     debian/nodejs/ext{copies,links}.
> 
>     Symlinks (debian/nodejs/extlinks) would be the better solution, but when
>     a linked module has to include another, Typescript can't find it because
>     it recursively search for a node_modules directory, starting in
>     /usr/share/nodejs/<module>. Then each module that requires another has
>     to be copied (debian/nodejs/extcopies), and recursively all dependencies
>     (example:
>     https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-jest/-/blob/master/debian/nodejs/extcopies
>     <https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-jest/-/blob/master/debian/nodejs/extcopies>).
> 
>     I tried to patch Typescript without success.
> 
>     We could simplify this by creating "node_modules => nodejs" symlinks in
>     /usr/share, /usr/lib, /usr/lib/arch. Then no need to copy modules, only
>     few of them should be declared in debian/nodejs/extlinks.
> 
>     Is it an acceptable solution ? Where to store these symlinks, nodejs or
>     typescript ?
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Yadd
> 
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