[BUG] npm link ../doesnt-exist gives EINVALIDTYPE #535
Description
What / Why
npm link ../doesnt-exist, which is completely invalid syntax, gives a weird error:
npm ERR! code EINVALIDTYPE npm ERR! typeerror Error: Argument #2: Expected array but got string npm ERR! typeerror at EventEmitter.install (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:195:3) npm ERR! typeerror at Object.commandCache.(anonymous function) (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:156:13) npm ERR! typeerror at /home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/link.js:93:24 npm ERR! typeerror at callback (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:295:20) npm ERR! typeerror at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:21) When
Always, even outside a project, target path is valid or not, etc.
I do have linked projects on my system, and a registry, and a cache, and a prefix.
//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN} cache=/home/faux/.cache/npm prefix=/home/faux/.npm-packages Expected Behavior
I had remembered that this was the syntax to link the module at a path. It is not.
I don't even think it should be. I just happened to run it.
I meant to run:
cd ../doesnt-exist npm link cd - npm link doesnt-exist Log
0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', 1 verbose cli '/home/faux/.npm-packages/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'link', 1 verbose cli '../doesnt-exist' ] 2 info using npm@6.13.1 3 info using node@v10.16.3 4 verbose npm-session 71d8617c042c4a73 5 verbose stack Error: Argument #2: Expected array but got string 5 verbose stack at EventEmitter.install (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:195:3) 5 verbose stack at Object.commandCache.(anonymous function) (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:156:13) 5 verbose stack at /home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/link.js:93:24 5 verbose stack at callback (/home/faux/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:295:20) 5 verbose stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:21) 6 verbose cwd /var/tmp/faux191128.omelette 7 verbose Linux 5.3.0-23-generic 8 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/home/faux/.npm-packages/bin/npm" "link" "../doesnt-exist" 9 verbose node v10.16.3 10 verbose npm v6.13.1