From 117929b9ccfc42c338e5ecfa00ec980a27611549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Shapira <fresheyeball@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:28:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] buildNpmPackage: avoid using npm config

---
 .../node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh       | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
index 486b0c2f8372..6a301e715ef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/node/build-npm-package/hooks/npm-config-hook.sh
@@ -81,9 +81,11 @@ npmConfigHook() {
         cachePath="$TMPDIR/cache"
     fi
 
-    npm config set cache "$cachePath"
-    npm config set offline true
-    npm config set progress false
+    echo "Setting npm_config_cache to $cachePath"
+    # do not use npm config to avoid modifying .npmrc
+    export npm_config_cache="$cachePath"
+    export npm_config_offline="true"
+    export npm_config_progress="false"
 
     echo "Installing dependencies"