node-pre-gyp broken on node v8 / windows
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Description
When testing node-pre-gyp on appveyor with node v8 (v8.0.0 specifically gets pulled in and npm 5.0.0), things are terribly broken. Not really dug much yet, but looks related to npm install not working:
```
Error: Cannot find module 'nopt'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (C:\projects\node-pre-gyp\lib\node-pre-gyp.js:14:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
```
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the AppVeyor Windows setup with Node v8.0.0 and npm 5.0.0, then inspect lib/node-pre-gyp.js at line 14 and the npm install configuration. Done means installation completes and the nopt module resolves when node-pre-gyp runs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100