[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/nodejs: Fixed npm global install
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Mon Nov 2 22:13:24 UTC 2015
Dear Martin Bark,
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:59:53 +0000, Martin Bark wrote:
> Set npm_config_prefix to $(TARGET_DIR)/usr so that npm -g will correctly
> install global modules to $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/node_modules.
>
> By using npm -g to install global modules npm will now automatically create
> the symlinks to executables under $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin.
>
> Signed-off-by: Martin Bark <martin at barkynet.com>
> ---
>
> See https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#global and
> https://docs.npmjs.com/files/folders for information on how the
> prefix setting is used by global installs.
This paragraph is very useful, so I wonder why you didn't put it as
part of the commit log itself.
So I've moved this paragraph to the commit log, and I've applied your
patch. Thanks a lot, it clearly makes nodejs.mk a bit simpler!
Thomas
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