npm install fails building inotify

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I'm not sure if this is a node-dev issue or a inotify issue?

$ npm install dev -g

inotify@0.1.6 install /Users/dale/local/node/lib/node_modules/dev/node_modules/inotify
node-waf configure build

Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++
Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp
Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar
Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib
Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : not found
Checking for node prefix : ok /Users/dale/local/node
Checking for program node : /Users/dale/local/node/bin/node
Checking for function inotify_init : not found
'configure' finished successfully (0.845s)
Waf: Entering directory `/Users/dale/local/node/lib/node_modules/dev/node_modules/inotify/build'
[1/3] cxx: src/bindings.cc -> build/default/src/bindings_1.o
[2/3] cxx: src/node_inotify.cc -> build/default/src/node_inotify_1.o
In file included from ../src/bindings.h:4,
from ../src/bindings.cc:2:
../src/node_inotify.h:7:25: error: sys/inotify.h: No such file or directory
In file included from ../src/bindings.h:4,
from ../src/node_inotify.cc:2:
../src/node_inotify.h:7:25: error: sys/inotify.h: No such file or directory
../src/bindings.cc: In static member function ‘static void NodeInotify::Inotify::Initialize(v8::Handle)’:
../src/bindings.cc:34: error: ‘IN_ACCESS’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:35: error: ‘IN_ATTRIB’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:38: error: ‘IN_CLOSE_WRITE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:39: error: ‘IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:40: error: ‘IN_CREATE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:41: error: ‘IN_DELETE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:42: error: ‘IN_DELETE_SELF’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:43: error: ‘IN_MODIFY’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:44: error: ‘IN_MOVE_SELF’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:45: error: ‘IN_MOVED_FROM’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:46: error: ‘IN_MOVED_TO’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:47: error: ‘IN_OPEN’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:48: error: ‘IN_IGNORED’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:51: error: ‘IN_ISDIR’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:52: error: ‘IN_Q_OVERFLOW’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:53: error: ‘IN_UNMOUNT’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:54: error: ‘IN_ALL_EVENTS’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:56: error: ‘IN_ONLYDIR’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:57: error: ‘IN_DONT_FOLLOW’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:58: error: ‘IN_ONESHOT’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:59: error: ‘IN_MASK_ADD’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:62: error: ‘IN_CLOSE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:63: error: ‘IN_MOVE’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc: In static member function ‘static v8::Handle NodeInotify::Inotify::New(const v8::Arguments&)’:
../src/bindings.cc:113: error: ‘IN_NONBLOCK’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:113: error: ‘IN_CLOEXEC’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:113: error: ‘inotify_init1’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc: In static member function ‘static v8::Handle NodeInotify::Inotify::AddWatch(const v8::Arguments&)’:
../src/bindings.cc:162: error: ‘IN_ALL_EVENTS’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:180: error: ‘inotify_add_watch’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc: In static member function ‘static v8::Handle NodeInotify::Inotify::RemoveWatch(const v8::Arguments&)’:
../src/bindings.cc:203: error: ‘inotify_rm_watch’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc: In static member function ‘static void NodeInotify::Inotify::Callback(ev_io*, int)’:
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:247: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:258: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:259: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:260: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:262: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:263: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:268: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:274: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:274: error: ‘IN_IGNORED’ was not declared in this scope
../src/bindings.cc:276: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:284: error: invalid application of ‘sizeof’ to incomplete type ‘NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:284: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
../src/bindings.cc:245: error: forward declaration of ‘struct NodeInotify::inotify_event’
Waf: Leaving directory`/Users/dale/local/node/lib/node_modules/dev/node_modules/inotify/build'
Build failed:
-> task failed (err #1):
{task: cxx bindings.cc -> bindings_1.o}
-> task failed (err #1):
{task: cxx node_inotify.cc -> node_inotify_1.o}
npm ERR! error installing inotify@0.1.6 Error: inotify@0.1.6 install: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! error installing inotify@0.1.6 `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR! error installing inotify@0.1.6 at ChildProcess. (/Users/dale/local/node/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing inotify@0.1.6 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! error installing inotify@0.1.6 at ChildProcess.onexit (child_process.js:192:12)
npm ERR! error installing dev@0.1.3 Error: inotify@0.1.6 install: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! error installing dev@0.1.3 `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR! error installing dev@0.1.3 at ChildProcess. (/Users/dale/local/node/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing dev@0.1.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! error installing dev@0.1.3 at ChildProcess.onexit (child_process.js:192:12)
npm ERR! inotify@0.1.6 install: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the inotify@0.1.6 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the inotify package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls inotify
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Darwin 10.7.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/Users/dale/local/node/bin/npm" "install" "dev" "-g"
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/dale/Dropbox/Documents/WebApps/JeffersonSoftware/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

Reproduce `npm install dev -g` on Darwin 10.7.0 and begin with the `node-waf configure build` failure for `inotify@0.1.6`. Read `src/bindings.cc`, `src/node_inotify.cc`, and `src/node_inotify.h` to determine whether the failure belongs to node-dev or its inotify dependency; done means the reported installation failure is resolved or clearly attributed.

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