From f108f8ef721c53f52f1d4342762772f6ff635ee0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shane-walker <shane-walker@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 01:31:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1375, will check for new and outdated packages when
 running. (#3020)

---
 lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/language/npm.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/language/npm.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/language/npm.py
index 53ce1e77c5..e15bbea903 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/language/npm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/packaging/language/npm.py
@@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ def main():
     elif state == 'latest':
         installed, missing = npm.list()
         outdated = npm.list_outdated()
-        if len(missing) or len(outdated):
+        if len(missing):
+            changed = True
+            npm.install()
+        if len(outdated):
             changed = True
             npm.update()
     else: #absent