@decentnetwork/beagle 0.1.84 → 0.1.85

package/dist/desktop/app.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-window.__DK_UI_VERSION="0.1.83";
+window.__DK_UI_VERSION="0.1.84";
 "use strict";
 (() => {
   // packages/beagle-ui/dist/beagle-ui.js

package/dist/server.js

@@ -366,7 +366,12 @@ async function globalNpmWritable() {
             return { ok: true }; // nothing installed there yet
         const { access } = await import("node:fs/promises");
         const { constants } = await import("node:fs");
+        // BOTH, and both as directories. npm rewrites the package directory and
+        // re-links the binaries, and either one being unwritable stops the update.
+        // Checking only the scope reported "you can update" on a machine that then
+        // failed on the bin links.
         await access(scope, constants.W_OK);
+        await access(join(prefix, "bin"), constants.W_OK);
         return { ok: true };
     }
     catch {
@@ -388,10 +393,17 @@ async function globalNpmOwnershipHint(pkg) {
         return `no write access to the global npm dir. \`sudo npm i -g ${pkg}@latest\` would work but leaves it root-owned, so the next update fails the same way — fix the ownership once instead.`;
     }
     const scope = join(prefix, "lib", "node_modules", "@decentnetwork");
-    const bins = [join(prefix, "bin", "agentnet"), join(prefix, "bin", "beagle")].join(" ");
+    const bin = join(prefix, "bin");
+    // Both DIRECTORIES, not the files inside them. Replacing a package directory
+    // or a bin symlink is a rename, and rename needs write permission on the
+    // CONTAINING directory — naming the symlinks themselves does nothing when
+    // their parent is root-owned. An earlier version of this hint listed
+    // bin/agentnet and bin/beagle and left people exactly as stuck, one error
+    // further along: the scope chown succeeded and npm then failed on the bin
+    // links instead.
     return (`no write access to ${scope}. This is what a first install with sudo leaves behind, and ` +
         `\`sudo npm i -g\` would rebuild it — run this ONCE and updates never need sudo again: ` +
-        `sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) ${scope} ${bins}`);
+        `sudo chown -R $(id -u):$(id -g) ${scope} && sudo chgrp -R admin ${bin} && sudo chmod -R g+w ${bin}`);
 }
 /** `npm prefix -g`, or undefined if npm cannot be reached. */
 async function npmGlobalPrefix() {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@decentnetwork/beagle",
-  "version": "0.1.84",
+  "version": "0.1.85",
   "description": "Beagle — P2P chat, file transfer and calls for regular users, on the Decent Network. No admin privilege required.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",