oc package fails to find compiler in npm workspaces

[CarlH-AccessGroup]

Command : tsc --noEmit && oc package .

Key points:

• oc package checks the local workspace's node_modules for oc-template-esm-compiler

• With npm workspaces, this package gets hoisted to the root node_modules

• oc then tries to npm install it into the local node_modules, which also fails because npm workspaces manages that directory

• The fix should be to use Node's standard require.resolve() which naturally traverses parent node_modules directories, rather than checking only the local one

Workaround:

• Creating directory junctions/symlinks from each workspace's node_modules to the hoisted package as part of a npm postinstall script

Note: It looks like there is some handling where the package command tries to install the compiler if it can't find it in the local node_modules but in my scenario this would always fail to install.