[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1070103: libnode-dev: Version bump of NODE_MODULE_VERSION makes node-gyp build broken modules

[Matijs van Zuijlen]

On 30/04/2024 09:33, Matijs van Zuijlen wrote:
> On 30/04/2024 08:53, Jérémy Lal wrote:
>> To solve both, you should do `pkgjs-install` next to package.json, so 
>> that your system-installed
>> modules are symlinked to the local node_modules directory.
>> Then "npm install" shouldn't remove the symlinks and install just the 
>> missing ones.
> 
> There is no package.json, because I am using npm -g install renovate, 
> not installing from a checked-out repository. Is npm -g install not 
> supposed to work?
> 
> I will now try installing from the repository and let you know if that 
> works.

I tried this and I can now run renovate from inside its repository, but 
I don't know how to then install the renovate tool for general use. So 
this is not (yet) a replacement for npm -g install.

Kind regards,
Matijs van Zuijlen