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deprecated rimraf version v2

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
nodejs
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the npm install with patch-package and inspect the dependency tree shown in the issue to locate rimraf v2. Identify the package manifest or lockfile that brings in the deprecated version, then verify that installation completes without the deprecation warning after the dependency is upgraded.

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Description

When doing npm install with patch-package we get this error:

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Following the dependency we see this:

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Can you upgrade this package to a non deprecated version?

Dominant language
TypeScript
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