> But if you create a package cache dir during sudo in ubuntu in $HOME, thats with root permissions! Then you get errors when trying to run npm without root and

> But if you create a package cache dir during sudo in ubuntu in $HOME, thats with root permissions! Then you get errors when trying to run npm without root and it tries to manipulate the cache. How do we fix this [...] <pseudocode> if dir !exists: mkdir && chown else: if dir has correct ownership: traverse else: // our code chowns correctly on create // so user must have done something // independently; better NOT mess with it throw "helpful descriptive message" </pseudocode> mkdirp creates OR traverses recursively based on whether each directory already exists or not. This is why correctMkdirp() is an insane idea: the "correct"-ing chown step should never be internal to mkdirp because it should never occur on traversal (i.e. when a pre-existing directory is encountered).