Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

If I do:

npm info [email protected] && echo $?

Then the exit code is 0, but no output from npm info is printed, as 8.7.1 of npm doesn't exist. I would expect npm info to give a non-zero exit code if the package at the specified version doesn't exist. If the package doesn't exist at all, then npm info does have a non-zero exit code (with logs telling you it doesn't exist)

Expected Behavior

npm info [email protected]

Would log a message saying the specified version of that package doesn't exist, and exit with a non-zero exit code, much like for non-existent packages.

Steps To Reproduce

See above, assuming [email protected] hasn't been published in the meantime.

Environment

• npm: 8.7.1
• Node.js: v16.13.1
• OS Name: MacOS latest
• System Model Name:
• npm config: no non-default configuration.