[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#921625: node-gyp install fails

[Teemu Ikonen]

Package: node-gyp
Version: 3.8.0-4
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

I get this output from 'node-gyp install' on i386:

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$ node-gyp install
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp at 3.8.0
gyp info using node at 10.15.1 | linux | ia32
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.15.1/node-v10.15.1-headers.tar.gz
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.15.1/node-v10.15.1-headers.tar.gz
gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION 
gyp ERR! stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'substring' of undefined
gyp ERR! stack     at Unpack.isValid [as filter] (/usr/share/node-gyp/lib/install.js:160:30)
gyp ERR! stack     at Unpack.[consumeHeader] (/usr/lib/nodejs/tar/lib/parse.js:134:48)
gyp ERR! stack     at Unpack.[consumeChunkSub] (/usr/lib/nodejs/tar/lib/parse.js:385:30)
gyp ERR! stack     at Unpack.[consumeChunk] (/usr/lib/nodejs/tar/lib/parse.js:362:30)
gyp ERR! stack     at Unpack.write (/usr/lib/nodejs/tar/lib/parse.js:309:25)
gyp ERR! stack     at Gunzip.ondata (_stream_readable.js:667:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Gunzip.emit (events.js:189:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:284:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:265:11)
gyp ERR! stack     at Gunzip.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:220:10)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.9.0-8-686-pae
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "install"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/tpikonen
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.
gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
gyp ERR!     <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues>

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I also tested a local install of node-gyp (installed with 'npm install')
and got a segfault after the 'http 200' response.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-8-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages node-gyp depends on:
ii  gyp               0.1+20180428git4d467626-2
ii  libnode-dev       10.15.1~dfsg-2
ii  node-fstream      1.0.10-1
ii  node-glob         7.1.3-2
ii  node-graceful-fs  4.1.11-1
ii  node-mkdirp       0.5.1-1
ii  node-nopt         3.0.6-3
ii  node-npmlog       4.1.2-1
ii  node-osenv        0.1.5-1
ii  node-request      2.88.1-2
ii  node-rimraf       2.6.2-1
ii  node-semver       5.5.1-1
ii  node-tar          4.4.6+ds1-3
ii  node-which        1.3.0-2
ii  nodejs            10.15.1~dfsg-2

Versions of packages node-gyp recommends:
ii  build-essential  12.5

node-gyp suggests no packages.

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