[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#650552: node-expat: FTBFS: EBADF, Bad file descriptor '/usr/lib/package.json'

[Aaron M. Ucko]

Source: node-expat
Version: 1.4.1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source

The automated build of node-expat on i386 (the only platform besides
amd64 for which its build dependencies are available) failed with a
test suite error:

  NODE_PATH=/.../node-expat-1.4.1/debian/node-node-expat//usr/lib/nodejs node test.js
  
  node.js:134
          throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
                ^
  Error: EBADF, Bad file descriptor '/usr/lib/package.json'
      at Object.openSync (fs.js:221:18)
      at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:112:15)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/nodejs/vows.js:254:28)
      at Module._compile (module.js:411:26)
      at Object..js (module.js:417:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:343:31)
      at Function._load (module.js:302:12)
      at require (module.js:355:19)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/.../node-expat-1.4.1/test.js:4:12)
      at Module._compile (module.js:411:26)
  make: *** [build/node-node-expat] Error 1
  dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

I don't have time to dig too deeply, but see that the npm package
ships a package.json (under /usr/share/npm); a build dependency on
it may be in order.  At any rate, could you please take a look?

Thanks!