From 0961cb34d80c7792361dfe6db76c501b1fe62a79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Jean <jasonjean1993@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:41:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): do not run postinstall unless it is the main nx
 package (#12591)

---
 packages/nx/bin/compute-project-graph.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nx/bin/compute-project-graph.ts b/packages/nx/bin/compute-project-graph.ts
index 0d50bdb8e9..19bcabfd73 100644
--- a/packages/nx/bin/compute-project-graph.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/bin/compute-project-graph.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { daemonClient } from '../src/daemon/client/client';
 
 (async () => {
   try {
-    if (fileExists(join(workspaceRoot, 'nx.json'))) {
+    if (isMainNxPackage() && fileExists(join(workspaceRoot, 'nx.json'))) {
       try {
         await daemonClient.stop();
       } catch (e) {}
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ import { daemonClient } from '../src/daemon/client/client';
     }
   }
 })();
+
+function isMainNxPackage() {
+  const mainNxPath = require.resolve('nx', {
+    paths: [workspaceRoot],
+  });
+  const thisNxPath = require.resolve('nx');
+  return mainNxPath === thisNxPath;
+}