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

[Paolo Greppi]

I got the same error on amd64 while running yarnpkg in root of vscode source:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode
cd vscode
yarnpkg
...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
[1/14] ⠠ gc-signals
[2/14] ⠠ keytar
[3/14] ⠠ native-is-elevated
[4/14] ⠐ native-keymap
error /root/vscode/node_modules/gc-signals: Command failed.
Exit code: 7
Command: node-gyp rebuild
Arguments:
Directory: /root/vscode/node_modules/gc-signals
Output:
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 | x64
gyp http GET https://atom.io/download/electron/v3.1.3/iojs-v3.1.3-headers.tar.gz
gyp http 200 https://atom.io/download/electron/v3.1.3/iojs-v3.1.3-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 4.19.0-2-amd64
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /root/vscode/node_modules/gc-signals
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0

The strange thing is that if I cd /root/vscode/node_modules/gc-signals then:
node-gyp rebuild

it works fine.

Paolo