About downloading/extracting the tarball
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Description
When node-pre-gyp use needle module, it will download nothing into module_path, finally return downloading/extracting the tarball
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with lib/install.js at lines 27-35 and reproduce installation using the needle module. Check why no tarball is downloaded or extracted into module_path; done means the binary tarball is downloaded, extracted, and the installation completes successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100