[BUG] Man pages in sections 5 and 7 don’t have “npm-” prefix since 6.13.0

[jirutka]

Since npm 6.13.0, man pages installed in man5 (from docs/content/configuring-npm/) and man7 (from docs/content/using-npm) don’t have npm- prefix. Since they use quite common names such as config or install, there’s a very high chance of collision with some other software installed on the system. Thus it’s unacceptable for Linux distributions.

Please return the npm- prefix to names of the relevant man pages as it was before version 6.13.0.

[jirutka]

@darcyclarke, why did you close this issue? It’s still not fixed.

[lukekarrys]

Reopening as I've confirmed this is still the current behavior.

[reggi]

I don't think this is an issue any longer:

➜  cli git:(latest) cd docs/lib/content/commands
➜  commands git:(latest) ls
npm-access.md          npm-dist-tag.md        npm-hook.md            npm-owner.md           npm-restart.md         npm-test.md
npm-adduser.md         npm-docs.md            npm-init.md            npm-pack.md            npm-root.md            npm-token.md
npm-audit.md           npm-doctor.md          npm-install-ci-test.md npm-ping.md            npm-run-script.md      npm-uninstall.md
npm-bugs.md            npm-edit.md            npm-install-test.md    npm-pkg.md             npm-sbom.md            npm-unpublish.md
npm-cache.md           npm-exec.md            npm-install.md         npm-prefix.md          npm-search.md          npm-unstar.md
npm-ci.md              npm-explain.md         npm-link.md            npm-profile.md         npm-shrinkwrap.md      npm-update.md
npm-completion.md      npm-explore.md         npm-login.md           npm-prune.md           npm-star.md            npm-version.md
npm-config.md          npm-find-dupes.md      npm-logout.md          npm-publish.md         npm-stars.md           npm-view.md
npm-dedupe.md          npm-fund.md            npm-ls.md              npm-query.md           npm-start.md           npm-whoami.md
npm-deprecate.md       npm-help-search.md     npm-org.md             npm-rebuild.md         npm-stop.md            npm.md
npm-diff.md            npm-help.md            npm-outdated.md        npm-repo.md            npm-team.md            npx.md
➜  commands git:(latest) find . -name "*.md" -exec sh -c 'for file; do sed -n "2p" "$file"; done' sh {} +
title: npm-find-dupes
title: npm-unpublish
title: npm-login
title: npm-shrinkwrap
title: npm-doctor
title: npm-adduser
title: npm-explore
title: npm-dist-tag
title: npm-unstar
title: npm-pack
title: npm-uninstall
title: npm-link
title: npm-restart
title: npm-fund
title: npm-stars
title: npm-test
title: npm-search
title: npm-explain
title: npm-team
title: npm-rebuild
title: npm-star
title: npm-publish
title: npm-docs
title: npm-hook
title: npm-edit
title: npm-org
title: npm-install
title: npm-stop
title: npx
title: npm-outdated
title: npm-whoami
title: npm-exec
title: npm-prune
title: npm-install-ci-test
title: npm-version
title: npm-install-test
title: npm-diff
title: npm-deprecate
title: npm-access
title: npm-repo
title: npm-bugs
title: npm-view
title: npm-cache
title: npm-dedupe
title: npm-start
title: npm-sbom
title: npm-owner
title: npm-pkg
title: npm-ping
title: npm-ls
title: npm-help-search
title: npm
title: npm-config
title: npm-run-script
title: npm-init
title: npm-completion
title: npm-audit
title: npm-help
title: npm-logout
title: npm-token
title: npm-prefix
title: npm-ci
title: npm-profile
title: npm-query
title: npm-update
title: npm-root
➜  commands git:(latest)