package.json with local dependency, npm audit command returns "ELOCKVERIFY ERROR"

[ale-grosselle]

What / Why

I have a package.json with a local dependency, "file:libs/thron-ux-helpers".
After "npm install", i run "npm run audit" and after a few seconds, I obtain "code ELOCKVERIFY"

When

• n/a

Where

npm local dependency

How

Current Behavior

Got error when run npm audit with a local dependecy

Steps to Reproduce

• Add local dependency in your package.json
• npm install
• now npm audit

[CherryDT]

@darcyclarke Why was this closed? It still happens.

[kouhei]

https://npm.community/t/npm-audit-fails-to-audit-packages-with-a-local-dependency-in-npm-v6-9-0/6006.html

removing the requires block from the package-lock.json file allows npm audit to run successfully.

this solution works. But it still hasn't reached a basic resolution.