# necessary for linking:
ulimit -n 65535 &&
-
-default_build_make
+# don't bother with the make phase, do dummy install immediately
+mkdir "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/fake" &&
+make install DESTDIR="$SOURCE_DIRECTORY/fake"
diff --git a/devel/nodejs/HISTORY b/devel/nodejs/HISTORY
index 1075962..25c7e98 100644
--- a/devel/nodejs/HISTORY
+++ b/devel/nodejs/HISTORY
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025-02-21 Treeve Jelbert <treeve AT sourcemage.org>
+ * BUILD INSTALL: do a dummy install during build,
+ then opy files during install
+ reduces cast tiem from 110 _> 5 minutes for me!!
+
2025-02-13 Pavel Vinogradov <public AT sourcemage.org>
* DETAILS: version 23.8.0