ENOENT: no such file or directory (nyc_cache)

[garthenweb]

Expected Behavior

NYC should not throw when installing with npm v5 as a dependency.

Observed Behavior

Throws errors while running:

ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '.nyc_cache/429c5318ec0ecfb4d0b65d8e90260fb2_https:/registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz.map'

I guess this is an issue on Windows because it's working with Travis: https://travis-ci.org/garthenweb/bubleify

Bonus Points! Code (or Repository) that Reproduces Issue

https://github.com/garthenweb/bubleify/tree/chore/update-dependencies
Execute npm install && npm test in root folder with npm 5 (on windows).

Forensic Information

Operating System: Windows 10 (Powershell/ Bash on Ubuntu on Windows)
Environment Information: node v8.1.2/ npm v5.0.3

[novemberborn]

I can't reproduce this on macOS. Given your description in #616:

npm v5 transforms the version field from the simple number to an URL of
the tgz file in the package.json when installing nyc as a dependency.

This seems like buggy behavior on npm's part. It tends to add its own fields to package.json files using an underscore prefix.

[garthenweb]

I just checked the behavior one more time and can still tell that it's the same issue after removing node_modules and reinstalling again (also with npm v5.0.4). Here is the package.json in node_modules/nyc folder in case it might be helpful:

{
  "_args": [
    [
      "nyc@https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
      "C:\\Users\\janni\\projects\\npm-packages\\bubleify"
    ]
  ],
  "_from": "nyc@https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
  "_id": "nyc@11.0.2",
  "_inBundle": false,
  "_integrity": "sha1-nlkqaXGGAoJTtmhRbDjwecOcCPM=",
  "_location": "/nyc",
  "_phantomChildren": {},
  "_requested": {
    "type": "remote",
    "raw": "nyc@https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
    "name": "nyc",
    "escapedName": "nyc",
    "rawSpec": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
    "saveSpec": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
    "fetchSpec": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz"
  },
  "_requiredBy": [],
  "_spec": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz",
  "_where": "C:\\Users\\janni\\projects\\npm-packages\\bubleify",
  "author": {
    "name": "Ben Coe",
    "email": "ben@npmjs.com"
  },
  "bin": {
    "nyc": "./bin/nyc.js"
  },
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc/issues"
  },
  "bundleDependencies": [
    "archy",
    "arrify",
    "caching-transform",
    "convert-source-map",
    "debug-log",
    "default-require-extensions",
    "find-cache-dir",
    "find-up",
    "foreground-child",
    "glob",
    "istanbul-lib-coverage",
    "istanbul-lib-hook",
    "istanbul-lib-instrument",
    "istanbul-lib-report",
    "istanbul-lib-source-maps",
    "istanbul-reports",
    "md5-hex",
    "merge-source-map",
    "micromatch",
    "mkdirp",
    "resolve-from",
    "rimraf",
    "signal-exit",
    "spawn-wrap",
    "test-exclude",
    "yargs",
    "yargs-parser"
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "name": "Isaac Schlueter"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mark Wubben"
    },
    {
      "name": "James Talmage"
    },
    {
      "name": "Krishnan Anantheswaran"
    }
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "archy": "^1.0.0",
    "arrify": "^1.0.1",
    "caching-transform": "^1.0.0",
    "convert-source-map": "^1.3.0",
    "debug-log": "^1.0.1",
    "default-require-extensions": "^1.0.0",
    "find-cache-dir": "^0.1.1",
    "find-up": "^2.1.0",
    "foreground-child": "^1.5.3",
    "glob": "^7.0.6",
    "istanbul-lib-coverage": "^1.1.1",
    "istanbul-lib-hook": "^1.0.7",
    "istanbul-lib-instrument": "^1.7.2",
    "istanbul-lib-report": "^1.1.1",
    "istanbul-lib-source-maps": "^1.2.1",
    "istanbul-reports": "^1.1.1",
    "md5-hex": "^1.2.0",
    "merge-source-map": "^1.0.2",
    "micromatch": "^2.3.11",
    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
    "resolve-from": "^2.0.0",
    "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
    "signal-exit": "^3.0.1",
    "spawn-wrap": "^1.3.6",
    "test-exclude": "^4.1.1",
    "yargs": "^8.0.1",
    "yargs-parser": "^5.0.0"
  },
  "description": "the Istanbul command line interface",
  "devDependencies": {
    "any-path": "^1.3.0",
    "bundle-dependencies": "^1.0.2",
    "chai": "^3.0.0",
    "coveralls": "^2.11.11",
    "exists-sync": "0.0.4",
    "forking-tap": "^0.1.1",
    "is-windows": "^1.0.0",
    "lodash": "^4.12.0",
    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
    "newline-regex": "^0.2.1",
    "requirejs": "^2.3.0",
    "sanitize-filename": "^1.5.3",
    "sinon": "^2.1.0",
    "source-map-support": "^0.4.6",
    "split-lines": "^1.0.0",
    "standard": "^9.0.2",
    "standard-version": "^4.0.0",
    "tap": "^10.0.0",
    "which": "^1.2.11",
    "zero-fill": "^2.2.3"
  },
  "files": [
    "index.js",
    "bin/*.js",
    "lib/*.js",
    "lib/commands/*.js",
    "lib/instrumenters/*.js",
    "!**/*covered.js"
  ],
  "greenkeeper": {
    "ignore": [
      "find-up"
    ]
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/istanbuljs/nyc#readme",
  "keywords": [
    "coverage",
    "reporter",
    "subprocess",
    "testing"
  ],
  "license": "ISC",
  "main": "index.js",
  "name": "nyc",
  "nyc": {
    "exclude": [
      "node_modules",
      "bin",
      "coverage",
      "test/fixtures/coverage.js",
      "test/build/*",
      "test/src/*",
      "test/nyc.js",
      "test/process-args.js",
      "index.covered.js",
      "test/fixtures/_generateCoverage.js"
    ]
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+ssh://git@github.com/istanbuljs/nyc.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "node ./build-tests",
    "bundle": "bundle-dependencies update",
    "clean": "rimraf ./.nyc_output ./node_modules/.cache ./.self_coverage ./test/fixtures/.nyc_output ./test/fixtures/node_modules/.cache *covered.js ./lib/*covered.js",
    "instrument": "node ./build-self-coverage.js",
    "pretest": "standard",
    "release": "standard-version",
    "report": "node ./bin/nyc  --temp-directory ./.self_coverage/ -r text -r lcov report",
    "test": "npm run clean && npm run build && npm run instrument && npm run test-integration && npm run test-mocha && npm run report",
    "test-integration": "tap -t120 --no-cov -b ./test/build/*.js && mocha --timeout=15000 ./test/nyc-bin.js",
    "test-mocha": "node ./bin/nyc --no-clean --silent --temp-directory=./.self_coverage mocha ./test/nyc.js ./test/process-args.js"
  },
  "standard": {
    "ignore": [
      "**/fixtures/**",
      "**/test/build/*"
    ]
  },
  "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nyc/-/nyc-11.0.2.tgz"
}

I also checked some other packages in my node_modules folder and found some with an URL and some with a simple version number. The only pattern I saw was the field _requested.type which is set to remote instead of version in the case of the full URL.

Looking forward getting more insides about this behavior.

[ScottFreeCode]

This sounds like npm/npm#17033 and npm/npm#17187

[bcoe]

I believe this is an issue with npm (which should have been fixed) please feel free to reopen this issue if I'm incorrect.

[garthenweb]

Thank you for all of your comments and investigations. I cannot reproduce this issue anymore with npm 5.3.0 :)

[bcoe]

@garthenweb great 👍