npm failing in CITGM across all platforms/versions

npm is/has been a regular failure in CITGM across all platforms/versions for a while. It's probably an important one to try to fix so we can properly track regressions.

Recent reruns on npm-v8.6.0 fail on all platforms:

• v17.8.0 - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/citgm-smoker-nobuild/1167/testReport/
• v16.14.2 - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/citgm-smoker-nobuild/1168/testReport/

There are a few different failures, with some obscured by other problems.

1. On the majority of platforms the output is not easily readable in the Jenkins jobs as it contains the colour codes:

 added 517 packages, and changed 14 packages in 60s
 > npm@8.6.0 test
 > tap
 [0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m PASS [0m[0m[0m test/bin/npm-cli.js[0m[37m[1m 1[22m[32m OK [0m[1m[38;2;170;170;170m683.401ms[39m[22m[0m[0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[1m[32m[37m[0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m
 [0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m PASS [0m[0m[0m test/bin/npx-cli.js[0m[37m[1m 7[22m[32m OK [0m[1m[38;2;170;170;170m1s[39m[22m[0m[0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[1m[32m[37m[0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[1m[38;2;0;0;0m[42m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m
 [0m[0m[1m[38;2;255;255;255m[44m SKIP [0m[0m[0m test/bin/windows-shims.js > [36mtest only relevant on windows[0m[37m [0m[1m[38;2;170;170;170m3.385ms[39m[22m[0m[0m[1m[44m[0m[0m[0m[36m[0m[37m[0m[0m[1m[44m[0m[0m[0m[36m[0m[0m[1m[38;2;255;255;255m[44m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m
 [0m[0m[1m[38;2;255;255;255m[44m SKIP [0m[0m[0m TAP[0m[0m[1m[38;2;255;255;255m[44m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m[0m

• Link - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/citgm-smoker-nobuild/nodes=ubuntu1804-64/1168/consoleFull

2. Multiple test failures can be found within the output, such as below:

01:17:59 error:                     | test: test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js handles unknown error with logs and debug  
01:17:59 error:                     | file                                                                            
01:17:59 error:                     | at:                                                                             
01:17:59 error:                     | line: 132                                                                       
01:17:59 error:                     | column: 9                                                                       
01:17:59 error:                     | file: test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js                                            
01:17:59 error:                     | stack: |                                                                        
01:17:59 error:                     | test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js:132:9                                            
01:17:59 error:                     | Array.forEach (<anonymous>)                                                     
01:17:59 error:                     | test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js:131:14                                           
01:17:59 error:                     | Array.forEach (<anonymous>)                                                     
01:17:59 error:                     | Test.<anonymous> (test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js:129:8)                         
01:17:59 error:                     |                                                                                 
01:17:59 error:                     | ​ FAIL ​ test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js                                           
01:17:59 error:                     |  ✖ should be equal                                                              
01:17:59 error:                     |                                                                                 
01:17:59 error:                     | .reduce((__, l) => parseInt(l.match(/^(\d+)\s/)[1]))                            
01:17:59 error:                     | t.equal(logs.length, lastLog + 1)                                               
01:17:59 error:                     | ----^                                                                           
01:17:59 error:                     | t.match(logs.error, [                                                           
01:17:59 error:                     | ['code', 'ECODE'],                                            

• Link - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/citgm-smoker-nobuild/nodes=ubuntu1804-64/1168/consoleFull

3. aix72-ppc64, rhel8-s390x, rhel7-s390x hit a different error early on:

 > tap
 ----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|-------------------
 File      | % Stmts | % Branch | % Funcs | % Lines | Uncovered Line #s 
 ----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|-------------------
 All files |       0 |        0 |       0 |       0 |                   
 ----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|-------------------
 /home/iojs/tmp/citgm_tmp/13a08f5e-0713-4513-983d-261f65768bac/npm/node_modules/tap/node_modules/yoga-layout-prebuilt/yoga-layout/build/Release/nbind.js:53
         throw ex;
         ^
 TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')
     at onError (/home/iojs/tmp/citgm_tmp/13a08f5e-0713-4513-983d-261f65768bac/npm/node_modules/tap/bin/run.js:864:15)
     at /home/iojs/tmp/citgm_tmp/13a08f5e-0713-4513-983d-261f65768bac/npm/node_modules/tap/bin/run.js:141:34

Start by reproducing the npm@8.6.0 CITGM smoker runs across the linked platforms, then inspect test/lib/utils/exit-handler.js and tap/bin/run.js for the reported failures and output handling. Done means the relevant npm tests pass on the affected platforms and the Jenkins output is readable without terminal color codes.