Registry Fetch Refactor Broke .npmrc Environment Variable Handling
A dependency management tool broke proper .npmrc handling after switching its internal registry fetch library. Environment variable substitution in .npmrc files no longer works, breaking CI/CD pipelines that use private registries.
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