Index: lib/config/core.js
--- lib/config/core.js.orig	2019-08-30 23:36:14.842432000 +0200
+++ lib/config/core.js	2019-08-30 23:36:49.781204000 +0200
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
         fs.writeFile(target.path, data, 'utf8', function (er) {
           if (er) return then(er)
           if (myUid === 0 && (myUid !== st.uid || myGid !== st.gid)) {
-            fs.chown(target.path, st.uid, st.gid, then)
+            then()
           } else {
             then()
           }
Index: lib/npm.js
--- lib/npm.js.orig	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/npm.js	2019-08-30 23:36:14.842656000 +0200
@@ -404,9 +404,7 @@
   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	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/search/all-package-metadata.js	2019-08-30 23:36:14.842802000 +0200
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const BB = require('bluebird')
 
 const cacheFile = require('npm-cache-filename')
-const chownr = BB.promisify(require('chownr'))
 const correctMkdir = BB.promisify(require('../utils/correct-mkdir.js'))
 const figgyPudding = require('figgy-pudding')
 const fs = require('graceful-fs')
@@ -233,13 +232,6 @@
 
     cacheFileStream.on('close', () => {
       if (!errEmitted) {
-        if (typeof uid === 'number' &&
-            typeof gid === 'number' &&
-            process.getuid &&
-            process.getgid &&
-            (process.getuid() !== uid || process.getgid() !== gid)) {
-          chownr.sync(cacheFile, uid, gid)
-        }
         outStream.end()
       }
     })
@@ -253,9 +245,7 @@
   var cacheBase = path.dirname(cacheFile)
   log.silly('all-package-metadata', 'making sure cache dir exists at', cacheBase)
   return correctMkdir(opts.cache).then(st => {
-    return mkdir(cacheBase).then(made => {
-      return chownr(made || cacheBase, st.uid, st.gid)
-    }).then(() => ({ uid: st.uid, gid: st.gid }))
+    return mkdir(cacheBase).then(() => ({ uid: st.uid, gid: st.gid }))
   })
 }
 
Index: lib/unbuild.js
--- lib/unbuild.js.orig	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/unbuild.js	2019-08-30 23:36:14.842918000 +0200
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
       !npm.config.get('global')) {
     return cb()
   }
-  const manRoot = path.resolve(npm.config.get('prefix'), 'share', 'man')
+  const 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	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/utils/correct-mkdir.js	2019-08-30 23:37:01.268901000 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // XXX this can probably be replaced with gentle-fs.mkdir everywhere it's used
-const chownr = require('chownr')
 const inflight = require('inflight')
 const log = require('npmlog')
 const mkdirp = require('mkdirp')
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
         log.error('correctMkdir', 'failed to make directory %s', path)
         return cb(er)
       }
-      chownr(made || path, owner.uid, owner.gid, (er) => cb(er, owner))
+      cb(null, owner)
     })
   }, er => {
     log.error('correctMkdir', 'failed to infer path ownership %s', path)
Index: node_modules/bin-links/index.js
--- node_modules/bin-links/index.js.orig	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ node_modules/bin-links/index.js	2019-08-30 23:36:14.843200000 +0200
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 function linkMans (pkg, folder, parent, gtop, opts) {
   if (!pkg.man || !gtop || process.platform === 'win32') return
 
-  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	2019-08-22 20:56:01.000000000 +0200
+++ node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js	2019-08-30 23:36:14.843347000 +0200
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@
   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.')
       }