Index: lib/config/core.js
--- lib/config/core.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/config/core.js	2017-11-28 19:57:20.298797000 +0100
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
       fs.writeFile(target.path, data, 'utf8', function (er) {
         if (er) return then(er)
         if (where === 'user' && myUid && myGid) {
-          fs.chown(target.path, +myUid, +myGid, then)
+          then()
         } else {
           then()
         }
Index: lib/npm.js
--- lib/npm.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/npm.js	2017-11-28 19:57:20.299013000 +0100
@@ -410,9 +410,7 @@
   Object.defineProperty(npm, 'globalDir',
     {
       get: function () {
-        return (process.platform !== 'win32')
-             ? path.resolve(npm.globalPrefix, 'lib', 'node_modules')
-             : path.resolve(npm.globalPrefix, 'node_modules')
+        return path.resolve(npm.globalPrefix, 'lib', 'node', 'usr')
       },
       enumerable: true
     })
Index: lib/search/all-package-metadata.js
--- lib/search/all-package-metadata.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/search/all-package-metadata.js	2017-11-28 19:57:20.299219000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 var fs = require('graceful-fs')
 var path = require('path')
 var mkdir = require('mkdirp')
-var chownr = require('chownr')
 var npm = require('../npm.js')
 var log = require('npmlog')
 var cacheFile = require('npm-cache-filename')
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@
     if (er) return cb(er)
     mkdir(cacheBase, function (er, made) {
       if (er) return cb(er)
-      chownr(made || cacheBase, st.uid, st.gid, cb)
+      cb(null)
     })
   })
 }
Index: lib/unbuild.js
--- lib/unbuild.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/unbuild.js	2017-11-28 20:00:23.989689000 +0100
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       !npm.config.get('global')) {
     return cb()
   }
-  var manRoot = path.resolve(npm.config.get('prefix'), 'share', 'man')
+  var manRoot = path.resolve(npm.config.get('prefix'), 'man')
   log.verbose('rmMans', 'man files are', pkg.man, 'in', manRoot)
   asyncMap(pkg.man, function (man, cb) {
     if (Array.isArray(man)) {
Index: lib/utils/correct-mkdir.js
--- lib/utils/correct-mkdir.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ lib/utils/correct-mkdir.js	2017-11-28 19:57:20.299397000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-var chownr = require('chownr')
 var dezalgo = require('dezalgo')
 var fs = require('graceful-fs')
 var inflight = require('inflight')
@@ -116,8 +115,5 @@
 }
 
 function setPermissions (path, st, cb) {
-  chownr(path, st.uid, st.gid, function (er) {
-    if (er && er.code === 'ENOENT') return cb(null, st)
-    return cb(er, st)
-  })
+  cb(null, st)
 }
Index: node_modules/bin-links/index.js
--- node_modules/bin-links/index.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ node_modules/bin-links/index.js	2017-11-28 20:00:56.752077000 +0100
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 function linkMans (pkg, folder, parent, gtop, opts, cb) {
   if (!pkg.man || !gtop || process.platform === 'win32') return cb()
 
-  var manRoot = path.resolve(opts.prefix, 'share', 'man')
+  var manRoot = path.resolve(opts.prefix, 'man')
   opts.log.verbose('linkMans', 'man files are', pkg.man, 'in', manRoot)
 
   // make sure that the mans are unique.
Index: node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js
--- node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js.orig	2017-11-28 04:37:46.000000000 +0100
+++ node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js	2017-11-28 19:57:20.299620000 +0100
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
   if (cfgsetting === 'warn-only') {
     if (isDifferentNodeInPath && !shouldPrependCurrentNodeDirToPATH.hasWarned) {
       if (foundExecPath) {
-        opts.log.warn('lifecycle', 'The node binary used for scripts is', foundExecPath, 'but npm is using', process.execPath, 'itself. Use the `--scripts-prepend-node-path` option to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with.')
       } else {
         opts.log.warn('lifecycle', 'npm is using', process.execPath, 'but there is no node binary in the current PATH. Use the `--scripts-prepend-node-path` option to include the path for the node binary npm was executed with.')
       }