fix: package search

[jzhangdev]

Resolve #3709 .

[juanpicado]

Your solution is good, but I'd recommend this instead, so is completely forced by code for any version that has already installed and old config.yaml file, the search remote is a new feature from 6.x still experimental and cannot be used in 5.x

diff --git a/src/lib/cli/commands/init.ts b/src/lib/cli/commands/init.ts
index c322e689..e2f26f69 100644
--- a/src/lib/cli/commands/init.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cli/commands/init.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ export class InitCommand extends Command {
         configParsed.https = { enable: false };
       }
 
+      configParsed.flags = {
+        ...configParsed.flags,
+        // on this version there is no remote search
+        searchRemote: false,
+      };
+
       process.title = (configParsed.web && configParsed.web.title) || 'verdaccio';
 
       startVerdaccio(

[juanpicado]

LGTM