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Subject: Re: npm doesn't check package signatures,
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On 03/16/2015 13:05, Mark Felder wrote:
> This would require FreeBSD to modify npm code to inject this message,
> correct? Or do you just want a post-install message when the package is
> installed to remind FreeBSD users about it?
>
> It seems to me a scary warning patch should be sent upstream.

I meant post-install message.
pkg and ports nicely check package signatures or fingerprints, but then 
npm defeats this outright, if installed.

Yuri