package search -- have to specify starting point explicitly

Author: williamstein

src/packages/backend/data.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { FALLBACK_ACCOUNT_UUID } from "@cocalc/util/misc";
 import { packageDirectorySync } from "package-directory";
 
 function determineRoot(): string {
-  const pd = packageDirectorySync() ?? '/';
+  const pd = packageDirectorySync({ cwd: __dirname }) ?? "/";
   const root = resolve(pd, "..", "..");
   process.env.COCALC_ROOT = root;
   return root;

src/packages/backend/sandbox/install.ts

@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ import { arch, platform } from "os";
 import { execFileSync, execSync } from "child_process";
 import { writeFile, stat, unlink, mkdir, chmod } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
+import { packageDirectorySync } from "package-directory";
 import getLogger from "@cocalc/backend/logger";
 
 const logger = getLogger("files:sandbox:install");
 
-const i = __dirname.lastIndexOf("packages/backend");
 const binPath = join(
-  __dirname.slice(0, i + "packages/backend".length),
-  "node_modules/.bin",
+  packageDirectorySync({ cwd: __dirname }) ?? "",
+  "node_modules",
+  ".bin",
 );
 
 interface Spec {

src/packages/project-runner/run/util.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const logger = getLogger("project-runner:util");
 
 let root: string | undefined = undefined;
 export async function ensureConfFilesExists(HOME: string): Promise<void> {
-  root ??= await packageDirectory();
+  root ??= await packageDirectory({ cwd: __dirname });
   if (!root) {
     throw Error("unable to determine package root");
   }

src/packages/project-runner/sea/build-tarball.sh

@@ -27,18 +27,15 @@ BIN=`dirname "$(realpath $0)"`
 git clone --depth=1 $BIN/../../../.. $TARGET
 
 cd "$SRC"/packages
-rm -rf database hub next server file-server lite
+rm -rf database hub next server file-server lite frontend static assets cdn test
 
 cd "$SRC"
-./workspaces.py install --exclude=database,hub,next,server,file-server,lite
-./workspaces.py build --exclude=database,hub,next,server,file-server,lite
+./workspaces.py install --exclude=database,hub,next,server,file-server,lite,cdn,frontend,static,assets,test
+./workspaces.py build --exclude=database,hub,next,server,file-server,lite,cdn,frontend,static,assets,test
 
 cd "$SRC"/packages
 rm -rf node_modules && pnpm install --prod --package-import-method=copy
 
-rm -rf cdn frontend static assets
-rm -rf static/dist/*.map static/dist/embed-*.js
-
 cd node_modules/.pnpm
 rm -rf @next* next*
 rm -rf googleapis* @google*