npx update-browserslist-db@latest fails with ERR_PNPM_PUBLIC_HOIST_PATTERN_DIFF

[ilyakamens]

When I run npx update-browserslist-db@latest, I encounter the following error:

Environment information (macOS 14.1.2 (23B2091)):

$ node --version
v16.14.2

$ pnpm --version
8.10.2

$ npx --version
8.5.0

All references to browserslist in pnpm-lock.yaml:

Running pnpm install doesn't fix the issue, and running pnpm up caniuse-lite only updates pnpm-lock.yaml (perhaps expected) and results in a surprising number of unrelated changes that also breaks my application:

 pnpm-lock.yaml | 4531 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 4194 insertions(+), 337 deletions(-)

Is there any other information I can provide that'd be helpful? I apologize if I should have opened this issue elsewhere.

[ai]

Very likely that you have a specific settings in npm. I had no experience with it (if you know how to improve our script, please send PR).

We cover only simple case.

Note, that you don’t need this tool for an update. You can use any other way to update nested dependencies to update caniuse-lite, which will fit your environment and settings.