pnpx regression on 7

[gengjiawen]

pnpm version:

pnpm 7.0.1

Code to reproduce the issue:

pnpx gengjiawen/envinfo

Expected behavior:

output normally like

+ envinfo 7.8.0

Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 1, added 1, done

  System:
    OS: Linux 5.16 Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)
    CPU: (16) x64 AMD EPYC 7B13
    Memory: 43.51 GB / 62.80 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.0.17 - /bin/bash

Actual behavior:

gitpod /workspace/examples-minimio (master) $ pnpx gengjiawen/envinfo
../.pnpm-store/v3/tmp/dlx-2902           | Progress: resolved 0, reused 1, downloaded 0, added 0
../.pnpm-store/v3/tmp/dlx-2902           |   +1 +
Packages are cloned from the content-addressable store to the virtual store.
  Content-addressable store is at: /workspace/.pnpm-store/v3
  Virtual store is at:             ../.pnpm-store/v3/tmp/dlx-2902/node_modules/.pnpm
 ENOENT  ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/workspace/.pnpm-store/v3/tmp/dlx-2902/node_modules/gengjiawen/envinfo/package.json'

Additional information:

  System:
    OS: Linux 5.16 Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)
    CPU: (16) x64 AMD EPYC 7B13
    Memory: 43.51 GB / 62.80 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.0.17 - /bin/bash
    GLibc: 2.31
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/node

works perfectly on pnpm 6.

[kenrick95]

Looks like pnpx tries to read package.json from non-existent location

It created:

/path/to/tmp/dlx-xxxx/node_modules/envinfo/package.json

but trying to read from:

/path/to/tmp/dlx-xxxx/node_modules/gengjiawen/envinfo/package.json