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) Continuing the `install-strategy=linked` fixes from #8996. While testing on the [Gutenberg monorepo](WordPress/gutenberg#75814), `esbuild` installs fail because its postinstall script runs twice in parallel against the same store directory. ## Summary With `install-strategy=linked`, postinstall scripts run twice for every store package — once for the store entry and once for its symlink. For packages like `esbuild` whose postinstall modifies files in-place (`fs.linkSync` to replace the JS wrapper with a native binary), this race condition corrupts the install. ## Root cause In `rebuild.js`, `#runScripts` destructures `isStoreLink` from `node.target` (the store entry) to decide whether to skip a node. But `isStoreLink` is a property of the link node itself (`node`), not its target. Store entries don't have `isStoreLink`, so it's always `undefined` and the guard never triggers. Both the store entry and the store link run scripts against the same directory in parallel. ## Changes - Fixed the skip condition in `rebuild.js` `#runScripts` to use `node.isLink && node.target?.isInStore` instead of reading `isStoreLink` from `node.target`. This correctly skips store links (symlinks pointing to store entries) while still allowing workspace links and store entries themselves to run scripts. - Added a regression test that verifies postinstall scripts run exactly once for store packages. ## References Fixes #9012
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…m#9013) Continuing the `install-strategy=linked` fixes from npm#8996. While testing on the [Gutenberg monorepo](WordPress/gutenberg#75814), `esbuild` installs fail because its postinstall script runs twice in parallel against the same store directory. ## Summary With `install-strategy=linked`, postinstall scripts run twice for every store package — once for the store entry and once for its symlink. For packages like `esbuild` whose postinstall modifies files in-place (`fs.linkSync` to replace the JS wrapper with a native binary), this race condition corrupts the install. ## Root cause In `rebuild.js`, `#runScripts` destructures `isStoreLink` from `node.target` (the store entry) to decide whether to skip a node. But `isStoreLink` is a property of the link node itself (`node`), not its target. Store entries don't have `isStoreLink`, so it's always `undefined` and the guard never triggers. Both the store entry and the store link run scripts against the same directory in parallel. ## Changes - Fixed the skip condition in `rebuild.js` `#runScripts` to use `node.isLink && node.target?.isInStore` instead of reading `isStoreLink` from `node.target`. This correctly skips store links (symlinks pointing to store entries) while still allowing workspace links and store entries themselves to run scripts. - Added a regression test that verifies postinstall scripts run exactly once for store packages. ## References Fixes npm#9012
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#75213 didn't work well because it was resource-intensive due to duplicated node_modules packages. This PR tests npm-cli fixes from my fork
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