[node] - Install pnpm as non-root user to prevent root-owned npm cache#1625
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Currently, the pnpm installation block runs `npm install -g pnpm` in
a bare subshell as root, unlike every other npm/nvm operation in the
script which uses `su ${USERNAME}`. This causes the npm cache directory
to be created owned by `root:root`, leading to `EACCES` errors for the
non-root user on subsequent npm operations.
This is particularly reproducible on macOS with Rosetta 2 emulation,
where the cache directory may not already exist from prior steps.
Note, the explicit setting of proxy env vars (`http_proxy`, `https_proxy`,
`no_proxy`) is likely a workaround for npm/cli#6835.
No other commands in this script use that workaround anymore, so this change
uses the same `su` syntax as all other commands.
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Currently, the pnpm installation block runs
npm install -g pnpmin a bare subshell as root, unlike every other npm/nvm operation in the script which usessu ${USERNAME}. This causes the npm cache directory to be created owned byroot:root, leading toEACCESerrors for the non-root user on subsequent npm operations.This is particularly reproducible on macOS with Rosetta 2 emulation, where the cache directory may not already exist from prior steps.
Note, the explicit setting of proxy env vars (
http_proxy,https_proxy,no_proxy) is likely a workaround for npm/cli#6835. No other commands in this script use that workaround anymore, so this change uses the samesusyntax as all other commands.