fix bug in algorithm for determining data directory

Author: williamstein

src/packages/backend/data.ts

@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ import { isEmpty } from "lodash";
 import basePath from "@cocalc/backend/base-path";
 import port from "@cocalc/backend/port";
 import { FALLBACK_ACCOUNT_UUID } from "@cocalc/util/misc";
+import { packageDirectorySync } from "package-directory";
 
-function determineRootFromPath(): string {
-  const cur = __dirname;
-  const search = "/src/";
-  const i = cur.lastIndexOf(search);
-  const root = resolve(cur.slice(0, i + search.length - 1));
+function determineRoot(): string {
+  const pd = packageDirectorySync() ?? '/';
+  const root = resolve(pd, "..", "..");
   process.env.COCALC_ROOT = root;
   return root;
 }
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ export function sslConfigToPsqlEnv(config: SSLConfig): PsqlSSLEnvConfig {
   return psqlArgs;
 }
 
-export const root: string = process.env.COCALC_ROOT ?? determineRootFromPath();
+export const root: string = process.env.COCALC_ROOT ?? determineRoot();
 export const data: string = process.env.DATA ?? join(root, "data");
 export const pguser: string = process.env.PGUSER ?? "smc";
 export const pgdata: string = process.env.PGDATA ?? join(data, "postgres");

src/packages/backend/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
     "./auth/*": "./dist/auth/*.js",
     "./auth/tokens/*": "./dist/auth/tokens/*.js"
   },
-  "keywords": ["utilities", "cocalc"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "utilities",
+    "cocalc"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist node_modules",
@@ -31,7 +34,12 @@
     "conat-persist": "DEBUG=cocalc:*  node ./bin/conat-persist.cjs",
     "conat-test-server": "node ./bin/conat-test-server.cjs"
   },
-  "files": ["dist/**", "bin/**", "README.md", "package.json"],
+  "files": [
+    "dist/**",
+    "bin/**",
+    "README.md",
+    "package.json"
+  ],
   "author": "SageMath, Inc.",
   "license": "SEE LICENSE.md",
   "dependencies": {
@@ -45,6 +53,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.3.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "lru-cache": "^7.18.3",
+    "package-directory": "^8.1.0",
     "password-hash": "^1.2.2",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",

src/packages/pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cd "$SRC"
 cd "$SRC"/packages
 rm -rf node_modules && pnpm install --prod --package-import-method=copy
 
-rm -rf cdn frontend
+rm -rf cdn frontend static assets
 rm -rf static/dist/*.map static/dist/embed-*.js
 
 cd node_modules/.pnpm