node-bin preinstall runs multiple times

[indieisaconcept]

Hi @aredridel,

I'm raising an issue here since there isn't a node-bin git repo. I have identified an issue whereby if node-bin is installed without the --save flag then it causes installArchSpecificPackage to be run multiple times as part of the preinstall npm lifecycle hook.

The issue can easily be re-created as per below.

$ mkdir node-bin-test & cd node-bin-test
$ npm i node-bin

Note the version of node being used seems to have no direct bearing on this behavior.

It doesn't matter if a package.json exists or not. As soon as --save is supplied it works fine. I've been able to verify this on other machines.

Seems to work ok with npm@2 but broken in npm@latest & npm@next.

I'm going to raise a separate issue in npm once I can recreate the issue beyond just node-bin but wanted to flag it with you nonetheless.

Cheers,

Jon

[aredridel]

Ooh, thank you! I'll try and see if I can understand what's going on

[indieisaconcept]

Looks like when npm stages node-bin it gets staged again as part of the arch specific package install, and then continues to be staged again and again until the process is terminated.