Write builtin config with ./configure script

configure

@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# this is a wicked hack, but whatever.
+# set configurations that will be "sticky" on this system,
+# surviving npm self-updates.
 
 CONFIGS=()
 i=0
 
+# get the location of this file.
+unset CDPATH
+CONFFILE=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd -P)/npmrc
+
 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   conf="$1"
   case $conf in
@@ -23,17 +28,6 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   shift
 done
 
-# Pull in submodules, since npm can't work without them.
-if [ -d .git ]; then
-  git submodule update --init --recursive
-fi
-
 for c in "${CONFIGS[@]}"; do
-  echo '+node ./bin/npm.js config set "'"$c"'"'
-  node ./bin/npm.js config set "$c"
+  echo "$c" >> "$CONFFILE"
 done
-echo
-
-echo +node ./bin/npm.js config ls
-echo
-node ./bin/npm.js config ls