[BUG] Different behavior Windows vs WSL (Linux)

[BobFrankston]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

[npm 9.4.2]

In Windows

npm instal ..\..\..\email\MailApps\mailit

ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'Y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick\node_modules\mlconfig\package.json'
``

In WSL

npm install ../../../email//MailApps/mailit/

works fine

### Expected Behavior

It should work the same in both cases

### Steps To Reproduce

1. In this environment...
2. With this config...
3. Run '...'
4. See error...


### Environment

This is closely related to bug #6033

mailit package.json contains "**file: ../mlconfig**

it installed as if I had specified --include-links even though I hadn't.

when I uninstalled it and reinstalled it using "**npm link ..\mlconfig**" everything worked.

I'm having trouble creating a simple example, but I can include the log files.

**Mail it package.json**

{
"name": "mailit",
"version": "1.0.12",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "node cli.js -to test@bob.ma -from test@bob.ma -subject 'this-is-a-test' -body 'test-body'"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"@bobfrankston/rmfc": "^1.0.142",
"@types/quoted-printable": "^0.2.2",
"@types/utf8": "^2.1.6",
"mlconfig": "file:../mlconfig",
"quoted-printable": "^1.0.1",
"tslib": "^2.3.1",
"utf8": "^3.0.0"
},
"type": "module",
"devDependencies": {
"@types/node": "^16.11.6"
}
}

Windows:

0 verbose cli C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
1 info using npm@9.4.0
2 info using node@v19.6.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 2ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc Completed in 1ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
9 timing config:load:file:y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick.npmrc Completed in 0ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 1ms
11 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\Bob.npmrc Completed in 0ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 0ms
13 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 6ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 6ms
18 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 1ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
20 verbose title npm install ......\email\MailApps\mailit
21 verbose argv "install" "..\..\..\email\MailApps\mailit"
22 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
23 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 2ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 2ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2023-02-16T19_48_56_846Z-
26 verbose logfile C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2023-02-16T19_48_56_846Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 8ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 20ms
31 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
32 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 6 files
33 timing idealTree:init Completed in 21ms
34 verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json missing from lockfile: ../../../email/MailApps/mailit/node_modules/ansi-styles
35 silly logfile done cleaning log files
36 timing idealTree:userRequests Completed in 6ms
37 silly idealTree buildDeps
38 silly fetch manifest mailit@file:../../../email/MailApps/mailit
39 silly placeDep ROOT mailit@1.0.12 REPLACE for: dbtick@1.0.0 want: file:../../../email/MailApps/mailit
40 silly fetch manifest @types/quoted-printable@^0.2.2
41 silly fetch manifest @types/utf8@^2.1.6
42 silly fetch manifest mlconfig@file:../mlconfig
43 silly fetch manifest quoted-printable@^1.0.1
44 silly fetch manifest utf8@^3.0.0
45 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2fquoted-printable 38ms (cache hit)
46 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/utf8 36ms (cache hit)
47 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/quoted-printable 38ms (cache hit)
48 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2futf8 39ms (cache hit)
49 timing idealTree:#root Completed in 49ms
50 silly placeDep ROOT @types/quoted-printable@0.2.2 OK for: mailit@1.0.12 want: ^0.2.2
51 silly placeDep ROOT @types/utf8@2.1.6 OK for: mailit@1.0.12 want: ^2.1.6
52 silly placeDep node_modules/mailit mlconfig@ OK for: mailit@1.0.12 want: file:../mlconfig
53 silly placeDep ROOT quoted-printable@1.0.1 OK for: mailit@1.0.12 want: ^1.0.1
54 silly placeDep ROOT utf8@3.0.0 OK for: mailit@1.0.12 want: ^3.0.0
55 silly fetch manifest utf8@^2.1.0
56 timing idealTree:node_modules/mailit Completed in 8ms
57 timing idealTree:node_modules/@types/quoted-printable Completed in 0ms
58 timing idealTree:node_modules/@types/utf8 Completed in 0ms
59 silly placeDep node_modules/quoted-printable utf8@2.1.2 OK for: quoted-printable@1.0.1 want: ^2.1.0
60 timing idealTree:node_modules/quoted-printable Completed in 1ms
61 timing idealTree:node_modules/utf8 Completed in 0ms
62 timing idealTree:node_modules/mailit/node_modules/mlconfig Completed in 0ms
63 timing idealTree:node_modules/quoted-printable/node_modules/utf8 Completed in 0ms
64 timing idealTree:buildDeps Completed in 58ms
65 timing idealTree:fixDepFlags Completed in 1ms
66 timing idealTree Completed in 86ms
67 timing command:install Completed in 91ms
68 verbose stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick\node_modules\mlconfig\package.json'
69 verbose cwd y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick
70 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.22621
71 verbose node v19.6.0
72 verbose npm v9.4.0
73 error code ENOENT
74 error syscall open
75 error path y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick\node_modules\mlconfig/package.json
76 error errno -4058
77 error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'y:\dev\homecontrol\utils\dbtick\node_modules\mlconfig\package.json'
78 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
78 error enoent
79 verbose exit -4058
80 timing npm Completed in 126ms
81 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1676576936879
82 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:loadTrees 1676576936881
83 verbose code -4058
84 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
84 error C:\Users\Bob\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2023-02-16T19_48_56_846Z-debug-0.log

the WSL version is essentially identical until line 39.

0 verbose cli /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm
1 info using npm@9.4.2
2 info using node@v19.6.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 2ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 1ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 2ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 0ms
9 timing config:load:file:/mnt/y/dev/homecontrol/utils/dbtick/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 8ms
11 timing config:load:file:/home/bobf/.npmrc Completed in 3ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 3ms
13 timing config:load:file:/usr/local/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 16ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 16ms
18 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 1ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
20 verbose title npm install ../../../email/MailApps/mailit
21 verbose argv "install" "../../../email/MailApps/mailit"
22 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
23 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 1ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 3ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/bobf/.npm/_logs/2023-02-16T19_27_44_978Z-
26 verbose logfile /home/bobf/.npm/_logs/2023-02-16T19_27_44_978Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 5ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 29ms
31 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 1ms
32 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
33 silly logfile done cleaning log files
34 timing idealTree:init Completed in 28ms
35 timing idealTree:userRequests Completed in 26ms
36 silly idealTree buildDeps
37 verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json missing from node_modules: ../../../email/MailApps/mailit
38 silly placeDep ROOT mailit@1.0.12 OK for: dbtick@1.0.0 want: file:../../../email/MailApps/mailit
39 timing idealTree:#root Completed in 8ms
40 timing idealTree:node_modules/mailit Completed in 0ms
41 timing idealTree:buildDeps Completed in 10ms
42 timing idealTree:fixDepFlags Completed in 0ms
43 timing idealTree Completed in 66ms
44 timing reify:loadTrees Completed in 128ms
45 timing reify:diffTrees Completed in 2ms
46 silly reify moves {}
47 timing reify:retireShallow Completed in 1ms
48 timing reify:createSparse Completed in 0ms
49 timing reify:loadBundles Completed in 0ms
50 silly audit bulk request {
50 silly audit mailit: [ '1.0.12' ],
50 silly audit '@bobfrankston/rmfc': [ '1.0.142' ],
50 silly audit '@types/follow-redirects': [ '1.14.1' ],
50 silly audit '@types/node': [ '18.13.0' ],
50 silly audit 'ansi-styles': [ '4.3.0' ],
50 silly audit chalk: [ '4.1.2' ],
50 silly audit 'color-convert': [ '2.0.1' ],
50 silly audit 'color-name': [ '1.1.4' ],
50 silly audit esm: [ '3.2.25' ],
50 silly audit 'has-flag': [ '4.0.0' ],
50 silly audit 'iconv-lite': [ '0.6.3' ],
50 silly audit 'safer-buffer': [ '2.1.2' ],
50 silly audit 'supports-color': [ '7.2.0' ],
50 silly audit tslib: [ '2.5.0' ]
50 silly audit }
51 timing reifyNode:node_modules/mailit Completed in 48ms
52 timing reify:unpack Completed in 49ms
53 timing reify:unretire Completed in 0ms
54 timing build:queue Completed in 0ms
55 timing build:deps Completed in 1ms
56 timing build:queue Completed in 4ms
57 timing build:links Completed in 4ms
58 timing build Completed in 5ms
59 timing reify:build Completed in 6ms
60 timing reify:trash Completed in 0ms
61 timing reify:save Completed in 24ms
62 http fetch POST 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/npm/v1/security/advisories/bulk 457ms
63 timing auditReport:getReport Completed in 460ms
64 silly audit report {}
65 timing auditReport:init Completed in 0ms
66 timing reify:audit Completed in 460ms
67 timing reify Completed in 597ms
68 silly ADD node_modules/mailit
69 timing command:install Completed in 603ms
70 verbose exit 0
71 timing npm Completed in 648ms
72 info ok

[nlf]

can you try updating to npm@9.5.0 and see if this works better there?

[BobFrankston]

OK, now that I understand it better, I can probably do a reply but rushed for time, and I think the info is sufficient -- link to a package with a link but installed as a copy. This confuses the Windows installer but not the Linux one.

[BobFrankston]

Thanks. I just updated to npm 9.5.0, and it worked! I would've upgraded but apparently, my upgrading tools were not cooperating.

Sorry about the confusion.

[nlf]

happy to hear it worked!

i'm going to go ahead and close this, but feel free to reopen it if you need to