From e90e8634895c4b659b17069d06259d49aa299f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Smith <owlstronaut@github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:59:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix!: don't install man pages in system locations BREAKING
 CHANGE: npm no longer registers man pages with the system when installed
 globally. `man npm-install` will no longer work, but `npm help install` is
 unaffected.

---
 package.json                                  |  4 -
 .../test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs     | 95 -------------------
 test/lib/commands/publish.js                  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 100 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46ebacd5ade90..0d1b360ba5005 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues"
   },
-  "directories": {
-    "doc": "./doc",
-    "man": "./man"
-  },
   "main": "./index.js",
   "bin": {
     "npm": "bin/npm-cli.js",
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
index e7507118a28f5..1a4be5a941a8d 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/commands/publish.js.test.cjs
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ Object {
     "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli/issues",
   },
   "description": "a package manager for JavaScript",
-  "directories": Object {
-    "doc": "./doc",
-    "man": "./man",
-  },
   "exports": Object {
     ".": Array [
       Object {
@@ -151,97 +147,6 @@ Object {
   ],
   "license": "Artistic-2.0",
   "main": "./index.js",
-  "man": Array [
-    "man/man1/npm-access.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-adduser.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-audit.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-bugs.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-cache.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-ci.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-completion.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-config.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-dedupe.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-deprecate.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-diff.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-dist-tag.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-docs.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-doctor.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-edit.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-exec.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-explain.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-explore.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-find-dupes.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-fund.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-get.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-help-search.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-help.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-init.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-install-ci-test.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-install-test.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-install.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-link.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-ll.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-login.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-logout.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-ls.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-org.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-outdated.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-owner.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-pack.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-ping.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-pkg.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-prefix.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-profile.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-prune.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-publish.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-query.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-rebuild.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-repo.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-restart.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-root.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-run.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-sbom.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-search.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-set.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-shrinkwrap.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-star.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-stars.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-start.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-stop.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-team.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-test.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-token.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-trust.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-undeprecate.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-uninstall.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-unpublish.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-unstar.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-update.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-version.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-view.1",
-    "man/man1/npm-whoami.1",
-    "man/man1/npm.1",
-    "man/man1/npx.1",
-    "man/man5/folders.5",
-    "man/man5/install.5",
-    "man/man5/npm-global.5",
-    "man/man5/npm-json.5",
-    "man/man5/npm-shrinkwrap-json.5",
-    "man/man5/npmrc.5",
-    "man/man5/package-json.5",
-    "man/man5/package-lock-json.5",
-    "man/man7/config.7",
-    "man/man7/dependency-selectors.7",
-    "man/man7/developers.7",
-    "man/man7/logging.7",
-    "man/man7/orgs.7",
-    "man/man7/package-spec.7",
-    "man/man7/registry.7",
-    "man/man7/removal.7",
-    "man/man7/scope.7",
-    "man/man7/scripts.7",
-    "man/man7/workspaces.7",
-  ],
   "name": "npm",
   "readmeFilename": "README.md",
   "repository": Object {
diff --git a/test/lib/commands/publish.js b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
index ad528c2c8dd3e..692f0ce68c1e3 100644
--- a/test/lib/commands/publish.js
+++ b/test/lib/commands/publish.js
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ t.test('manifest', async t => {
   }
   delete manifest.gitHead
 
-  manifest.man.sort()
+  manifest.man?.sort()
 
   t.matchSnapshot(manifest, 'manifest')
 })