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| author | Kat Marchán <kzm@sykosomatic.org> | 2016-12-18 20:22:09 -0800 |
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| committer | Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com> | 2016-12-28 15:30:50 -0500 |
| commit | 9946519fba73687d34dccd5813808252a1973f3c (patch) | |
| tree | 74d7194d2a00743bcd905027195e7e8000c5ac5a /deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md | |
| parent | 4d3b487b791606ea965f6280ce0eeea03d79b660 (diff) | |
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deps: upgrade npm to 4.0.5
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10330
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <myles.borins@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md index 874ce1c287..6a37fcc76b 100644 --- a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md +++ b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md @@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ folder structures that npm creates. ### Limitations of npm's Install Algorithm +npm will refuse to install any package with an identical name to the +current package. This can be overridden with the `--force` flag, but in +most cases can simply be addressed by changing the local package name. + There are some very rare and pathological edge-cases where a cycle can cause npm to try to install a never-ending tree of packages. Here is the simplest case: @@ -374,7 +378,7 @@ affects a real use-case, it will be investigated. * npm-config(7) * npmrc(5) * npm-registry(7) -* npm-tag(1) +* npm-dist-tag(1) * npm-uninstall(1) * npm-shrinkwrap(1) * package.json(5) |