[BUG] NPM 8 cannot global install some kind of modules with bundledDependencies on Linux

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

I have made a very simple module which just depends on the chokidar module and has bundledDependencies on an empty node module that just have a package.json file.

After I created the package of the simple module by running the command: npm pack, I tried to globally install the package on my Linux VM and get the following errors:

user: projects $ npm install -g testchokidar-1.0.0.tgz
npm WARN config global --global, --local are deprecated. Use --location=global instead.
npm notice
npm notice New minor version of npm available! 8.11.0 -> 8.19.2
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v8.19.2
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@8.19.2 to update!
npm notice
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /home/user/.node_modules_global/lib/node_modules/testchokidar/node_modules/fsevents
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.16.0 | linux | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.16.0/node-v16.16.0-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.16.0/node-v16.16.0-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.16.0/SHASUMS256.txt
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.16.0/SHASUMS256.txt
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/user/.node_modules_global/lib/node_modules/testchokidar/node_modules/fsevents/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/user/.cache/node-gyp/16.16.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/user/.node_modules_global/lib/node_modules/testchokidar/node_modules/fsevents',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /home/user/.node_modules_global/lib/node_modules/testchokidar/node_modules/fsevents) while trying to load binding.gyp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:261:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:527:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.10.114-garden-cloud-amd64
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/bin/node" "/opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /home/user/.node_modules_global/lib/node_modules/testchokidar/node_modules/fsevents
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.16.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

fsevents is only for MacOS, so I do not know why NPM will try to compile it on Linux.

Expected Behavior

I expected the simple module could be globally installed on Linux and NPM should ignore the fsevents module on Linux.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Initialize a simple project by using the command: npm init
2. Add a dependency on chokidar by running the command: npm install chokidar
3. Add the packages folder under the root folder of the simple project
4. In the packages folder, create a empty project by just using the command: npm init
5. In the package.json file of the simple project, add the bundledDependencies on the empty project. For example,

{
"name": "testchokidar",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1"
},
"bin": {
"test-chokidar": "index.js"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"chokidar": "^3.5.3"
},
"bundledDependencies": [
"packages/simplest"
]
}

6. Pack the simple project by using the command: npm pack.
7. Globally install the above packed package on Linux by using the command: npm install -g testchokidar-1.0.0.tgz
8. Then you can find the global installation failed with the errors that are pasted in Current Behavior

Environment

• npm: 8.11.0
• Node.js: v16.16.0
• OS Name: Linux
• System Model Name:
• npm config:

; ; "user" config from /home/user/.npmrc

prefix = "/home/user/.node_modules_global" 
registry = "http://nginx-redirector.repo-cache.svc.cluster.local/repository/appstudio-npm-group/" 

; "env" config from environment

userconfig = "/home/user/.npmrc" 

; node bin location = /opt/nodejs/node-v16.16.0-linux-x64/bin/node
; node version = v16.16.0
; npm local prefix = /home/user
; npm version = 8.11.0
; cwd = /home/user/projects
; HOME = /home/user
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.

Reproduce the issue with npm init, npm install chokidar, npm pack, and npm install -g on Linux, focusing on the bundledDependencies package and fsevents. Trace npm CLI handling of bundled and platform-specific dependencies; done means the packed package installs globally on Linux without attempting to build fsevents.