Build failure due to spaces in path
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Description
When installing a native module using node-gyp, commands fail to run if there is a space in the path anywhere of the CWD.
A CWD like /home/abc/My Awesome Repo/project will fail.
This has been discussed here: https://github.com/kelektiv/node.bcrypt.js/issues/961
and here: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/65
And has been found to be an underlying issue with gyp itself
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the node-gyp installation failure from a working directory such as /home/abc/My Awesome Repo/project, then read the linked node-gyp and node.bcrypt.js discussions for context. Trace the gyp command handling involved in the failure; done means native-module installation commands run successfully when the CWD contains spaces.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- nodejs, python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100