fix: properly find and run global scoped packages (#5250)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/commands/exec.js b/lib/commands/exec.js
index 85a71923f..ddbb5f7cf 100644
--- a/lib/commands/exec.js
+++ b/lib/commands/exec.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const path = require('path')
 const libexec = require('libnpmexec')
 const BaseCommand = require('../base-command.js')
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
 
   async exec (_args, { locationMsg, runPath } = {}) {
     // This is where libnpmexec will look for locally installed packages
-    const path = this.npm.localPrefix
+    const localPrefix = this.npm.localPrefix
 
     // This is where libnpmexec will actually run the scripts from
     if (!runPath) {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
       flatOptions,
       localBin,
       globalBin,
+      globalDir,
     } = this.npm
     const output = this.npm.output.bind(this.npm)
     const scriptShell = this.npm.config.get('script-shell') || undefined
@@ -57,9 +59,10 @@ class Exec extends BaseCommand {
       localBin,
       locationMsg,
       globalBin,
+      globalPath: path.resolve(globalDir, '..'),
       output,
       packages,
-      path,
+      path: localPrefix,
       runPath,
       scriptShell,
       yes,