pnpm install exact version

[aleclarson]

pnpm version: 2.25.5

Code to reproduce the issue:

pnpm install @types/[email protected]

Expected behavior:

The @types/react version in package.json should be 16.7.20 exactly

Actual behavior:

A caret is prepended to the version in package.json (eg: ^16.7.20).

When I explicitly declare the version, it should use exactly what I give it, no?

Same with pnpm install @types/react@~16.7.20, which currently uses ^16.7.20 instead.

Note: The version that's actually installed is correct. Only the package.json version is incorrect.

Note: The same issue occurs for non-scoped packages, too.

Note: The shrinkwrap.yaml file also has this issue in its specifiers field.

Additional information:

• node v11.7.0
• macOS v10.14.3

[zkochan]

The current behavior was copied from npm. I agree that it would make more sense to preserve the specs.

[zkochan]

@vjpr you were asking about this as well

[vjpr]

Good to see this happening!

[zkochan]

:ship: 3.0.0-alpha.2 (dist-tag: next-major)