Unable to download htmlawed module with composer; type set to metapackage
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>For Drupal 7, Composer version 2.4.4, PHP 7.4.33, running <code>composer require drupal/htmlawed</code> finds the packages but does not download it.</p>
<p>Package type is listed as "metapackage" would expect it to be "drupal-module":</p>
<pre>composer show -all drupal/htmlawed<br>name : drupal/htmlawed<br>descrip. :<br>keywords :<br>versions : 3.x-dev, 3.12.0, 3.11.0, 3.10.0, 3.9.0, 3.8.0, 3.7.0, 3.6.0, 3.5.0, 3.4.0, 3.3.0, 3.2.0, 3.1.0, 3.0.0, 2.x-dev, dev-2.x, dev-3.x<br>latest : 3.12.0<br>type : metapackage<br>license : GNU General Public License v2.0 or later (GPL-2.0-or-later) (OSI approved) https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-2.0-or-later.html#licenseText<br>homepage : https://www.drupal.org/project/htmlawed<br>source : []<br>dist : []<br>names : drupal/htmlawed<br><br>support<br>source : https://git.drupalcode.org/project/htmlawed<br><br>requires<br>drupal/drupal ~7.0</pre><h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<p>Using composer.json file:</p>
<pre>$ ls<br>composer.json<br>$ cat composer.json<br>{<br> "repositories": [<br> {<br> "type": "composer",<br> "url": "https://packages.drupal.org/7"<br> }<br> ]<br>}</pre><p>Run <code>composer require drupal/htmlawed</code>:</p>
<pre>$ composer clear<br>$ composer require drupal/htmlawed<br>Using version ^3.12 for drupal/htmlawed<br>Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine<br>./composer.json has been updated<br>Running composer update drupal/htmlawed<br>Loading composer repositories with package information<br>Updating dependencies<br>Lock file operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals<br> - Locking drupal/drupal (7.94.0)<br> - Locking drupal/htmlawed (3.12.0)<br>Writing lock file<br>Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)<br>Package operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals<br> - Downloading drupal/drupal (7.94.0)<br> - Installing drupal/drupal (7.94.0): Extracting archive<br> - Installing drupal/htmlawed (3.12.0)<br>Generating autoload files<br>No security vulnerability advisories found<br><br>$ cat composer.json<br>{<br> "repositories": [<br> {<br> "type": "composer",<br> "url": "https://packages.drupal.org/7"<br> }<br> ],<br> "require": {<br> "drupal/htmlawed": "^3.12"<br> }<br>}</pre><p>On completion expect <code>vendor/drupal/drupal</code> and <code>vendor/drupal/htmlawed</code> directories to exists, however only <code>vendor/drupal/drupal</code> is downloaded:</p>
<pre>$ ls vendor/drupal<br>drupal</pre><p>For comparison other modules work as expected e.g. <code>composer require drupal/ckeditor</code>:</p>
<pre>$ composer require drupal/ckeditor<br>Using version ^1.22 for drupal/ckeditor<br>Info from https://repo.packagist.org: #StandWithUkraine<br>./composer.json has been updated<br>Running composer update drupal/ckeditor<br>Loading composer repositories with package information<br>Updating dependencies<br>Lock file operations: 1 install, 0 updates, 0 removals<br> - Locking drupal/ckeditor (1.22.0)<br>Writing lock file<br>Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)<br>Package operations: 1 install, 0 updates, 0 removals<br> - Downloading drupal/ckeditor (1.22.0)<br> - Installing drupal/ckeditor (1.22.0): Extracting archive<br>Generating autoload files<br>No security vulnerability advisories found<br><br>$ cat composer.json<br>{<br> "repositories": [<br> {<br> "type": "composer",<br> "url": "https://packages.drupal.org/7"<br> }<br> ],<br> "require": {<br> "drupal/htmlawed": "^3.12",<br> "drupal/ckeditor": "^1.22"<br> }<br>}<br><br>$ ls vendor/drupal<br>ckeditor drupal</pre><h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
> Related issue: [Issue #3076339](https://www.drupal.org/node/3076339)
> Related issue: [Issue #3172659](https://www.drupal.org/node/3172659)
> Related issue: [Issue #2927184](https://www.drupal.org/node/2927184)
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