From 79a1500f2b7416cac9da55f02e8ba1d09e66404f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dawid Dziurla <dawidd0811@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:56:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] node: add --unsafe-perm to std_args only if run as root

---
 Library/Homebrew/language/node.rb | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/language/node.rb b/Library/Homebrew/language/node.rb
index d5785f9249..44888eb3f9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/language/node.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/language/node.rb
@@ -41,15 +41,18 @@ module Language
       pack = pack_for_installation
 
       # npm install args for global style module format installed into libexec
-      %W[
+      args = %W[
         -ddd
         --global
-        --unsafe-perm
         --build-from-source
         --#{npm_cache_config}
         --prefix=#{libexec}
         #{Dir.pwd}/#{pack}
       ]
+
+      args << "--unsafe-perm" if ENV["USER"] == "root"
+
+      args
     end
 
     def self.local_npm_install_args