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Bug 431149

Summary:	[Orionnode] npm update orion deletes the default workspace
Product:	[ECD] Orion	Reporter:	Lee Surprenant <lmsurpre>
Component:	Node	Assignee:	Project Inbox <orion.server-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	mamacdon
Version:	6.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Mac OS X
Whiteboard:

Description Lee Surprenant

2014-03-25 13:27:11 EDT

To recreate:
1. npm install orion@0.0.25
2. npm start orion
3. add a file to the workspace
4. npm update orion
5. note that the workspace is reset

It looks like npm update replaces the entire orion directory under node_modules.  

This means that it deletes any work I've done within the default workspace (.../node_modules/orion/.workspace).  This is bad.

It also means that it overwrites my orion.conf
Are there other node modules with local config data?  Does the data get wiped upon re-install/update?  If not, I wonder where they are storing their configuration data.

Comment 1 Mark Macdonald

2014-03-25 14:53:10 EDT

My inclination would be to move the default workspace to ${HOME}/.orion/ or %USERPROFILE%\.orion\

For the orion.conf issue, see bug 430426. Allowing a conf file path to be provided would obviate the need to modify the orion.conf in the server install directory.

Not sure what other npm-installed modules do, will investigate and see if they have any better ideas.

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2015-05-05 16:19:06 EDT

Closing as part of a mass clean up of inactive bugs. Please reopen if this problem still occurs or is relevant to you. For more details see:


https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/orion-dev/msg03444.html