Linked Install Strategy Bugs and Feedback

[Nathan Fritz]

This issue tracks known issues, feedback, fixes, and broken repos for --install-strategy=linked

Known Issues/Fixes:

• workspace specific installs failing
  • .children should be CaseInsensitiveMap
  • .inventory might as well be Inventory
• .bin discovery failing (although placed correctly)
• package cleanup breaking on failed installs (possibly related to build scripts)

Known Failed Repos/Packages:

• npm/cli narrowed down to a specific workspace -ws
• https://github.com/npm/documentation
• npm install --install-strategy=linked lmbd

[Nathan Fritz]

• write team post

[Saquib]

are the bugs fixed, can we close this issue?

[nlf]

here's another known bug - npm/cli#6125

[Saquib]

I am labelling all issues with install-linked-strategy - https://github.com/npm/cli/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+linked+label%3Ainstall-linked-strategy

[Saquib]

@fritzy any updates on bug fixes?

[Nathan Fritz]

@MylesBorins npm/documentation still doesn't work, because the dependency graphql-compose was working by coincidence. It requires the package graphql, and only resolved when other packages installed it hoisted.

But it at least installs all of the modules properly now.

[Saquib]

@MylesBorins npm/documentation still doesn't work, because the dependency graphql-compose was working by coincidence. It requires the package graphql, and only resolved when other packages installed it hoisted.

But it at least installs all of the modules properly now.

as discussed we should call out in our doc, pin the issue so community is aware