isaacs/npm — Issue #2209: Shrinkwrap can't handle remote dependencies
Author: HarpMedia
Created: 2012-02-28 11:07:33+00:00
State: open

If you've specified a remote dependency in your package.json such as a URL or Git repo, and then you shrinkwrap your package and later try to install from the npm-shrinkwrap.json the install command tries to download the name of the remote package from the npm registry (where it doesn't exist) rather than downloading it from the remote source.