update: Fix path used to run the install relative to

Previously I was using the path of the module to be updated.  But no, silly,
we want the path that CONTAINS it.

PR-URL: https://github.com/npm/npm/pull/9303
Fixes: #9095

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/update.js b/lib/update.js
index 1d487a6e4..45f2817f5 100644
--- a/lib/update.js
+++ b/lib/update.js
@@ -43,15 +43,14 @@ function update (args, cb) {
     log.info('outdated', 'updating', wanted)
     var toInstall = {}
     wanted.forEach(function (ww) {
-      if (ww.current === ww.wanted) return
-
       // use the initial installation method (repo, tar, git) for updating
       if (url.parse(ww.req).protocol) ww.what = ww.req
 
-      if (toInstall[ww.dep.path]) {
-        toInstall[ww.dep.path].push(ww.what)
+      var where = ww.dep.parent && ww.dep.parent.path || ww.dep.path
+      if (toInstall[where]) {
+        toInstall[where].push(ww.what)
       } else {
-        toInstall[ww.dep.path] = [ww.what]
+        toInstall[where] = [ww.what]
       }
     })
     chain(Object.keys(toInstall).map(function (where) {