Is there an existing issue for this?

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This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

Errors saying it cannot find package.json

Expected Behavior

Install packages to the directory where the prefix is and package.json.

Steps To Reproduce

1, Use Windows 11
2. Use Node 18, 20, 22 ...
3. Use latest npm
4. Try an install with --prefix

In this repo https://github.com/get-convex/convex-backend, which has a scripts subfolder.

error

D:\box\rust\convex-backend>npm install --prefix scripts
npm error code ENOENT
npm error syscall open
npm error path D:\box\rust\convex-backend\package.json

Environment

• npm: 9.8.1
• Node.js: 18.18.0
• OS Name: Windows

; node version = v18.18.0
; npm local prefix = D:\box\rust\convex-backend
; npm version = 9.8.1
; cwd = D:\box\rust\convex-backend