nodejs_npm with json is not idempotent

[billyoung]

Running into an issue where using the nodejs_npm lwrp with a json (packages.json) file will run 'npm install' on every converge.

nodejs_npm 'node-app-name' do
  path '/path/to/app'
  json true
  user 'bill'
  group 'bill'
  version '1.2.3'
end

it appears that the LWRP only checks the package/version/path of individual node packages, as opposed to the "name" and "version" of the json project being installed and whether or not its dependencies have been satisfied.

[guilhem]

Hi @billyoung
As I can see on #40 npm list -json format may have changed...
What is you npm version?

[billyoung]

npm 1.4.23

[guilhem]

@billyoung can you do a npm install {anything} then a npm list -json in same directory?

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[MarkGibbons]

There's some tough issue around idempotence and repeated runs.