node_modules not getting cached

[johnmarkg]

I was having a hard time getting node_modules cached and found that updateCache was never getting called from the installPackages callback:

installPackages(context, context.cachier('modules'), context.dataDir, config.caching, config.update_cache, function (err, exact) {
    if (err || exact || nocache) return next(err)
    updateCache(context, context.cachier('modules'), context.dataDir, next)
})

I logged the value of exact and found out it to be the output of the npm install. exact is set true when the package.json hashes match

Changing if (err || exact || nocache) return next(err) to if (err || exact === true || nocache) return next(err) fixed it for me.

[jaredly]

Just to confirm => you had enabled caching via the config page?

[johnmarkg]

Yes, I tried strict and loose.

[jaredly]

ok, great; thanks!