--- a/deps/npm/lib/config/core.js
+++ b/deps/npm/lib/config/core.js
-@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@
+@@ -153,11 +153,12 @@
// Eg, `npm config get globalconfig --prefix ~/local` should
// return `~/local/etc/npmrc`
// annoying humans and their expectations!
- var etc = path.resolve(conf.get('prefix'), 'etc')
- defaults.globalconfig = path.resolve(etc, 'npmrc')
- defaults.globalignorefile = path.resolve(etc, 'npmignore')
+- }
+ // gentoo deviates wrt global config; store in /etc/npm
+ var globalconfig = path.resolve('/etc', 'npm')
+ mkdirp(globalconfig, function () {
+ defaults.globalconfig = path.resolve(globalconfig, 'npmrc')
+ defaults.globalignorefile = path.resolve(globalconfig, 'npmignore')
- }
+ })
conf.addFile(conf.get('globalconfig'), 'global')