prefer-offline = true interferes with global installs #1346
Description
Description
Having prefer-offline = true in one's .npmrc file affects NPM's ability to update globally-installed modules:
λ Desktop: npm --global install jsvu@latest
/usr/local/bin/jsvu -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsvu/cli.js
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λ Desktop: sed -i.bak -e '/^prefer-offline =/ s/true/false/' ~/.npmrc
λ Desktop: npm --global install jsvu@latest
/usr/local/bin/jsvu -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/jsvu/cli.js
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added 4 packages from 3 contributors, removed 4 packages and updated 23 packages in 19.093sIn fact, having prefer-offline appears to inhibit a lot of functionality related to global installations, like showing outdated information for npm show $module_name (when http://npmjs.com/package/* clearly shows there's a newer version available).
Here's my .npmrc config in its entirety:
cache = ~/.cache/npm
engine-strict = true
if-present = true
logs-max = 1
message = "Release v%s"
; Prefer existing installs
optional = false
prefer-offline = true
; Tell NPM to pull its head in
package-lock = false
save = false
; Improve CLI output
depth = 0
fund = false
heading = "│"
long = true
unicode = true
usage = true
; Authentication tokens, defined in environment
//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}