[Pkg-javascript-devel] nodejs-12 transition

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Jérémy Lal (2020-06-12 18:12:15)
> Le lun. 8 juin 2020 à 11:13, Jonas Smedegaard <jonas at jones.dk> a écrit :
> 
> > Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2020-05-25 12:09:53)
> > > Quoting Jérémy Lal (2020-05-25 10:51:32)
> > > > [nodejs 12 is] ready to be built, but not ready to go in testing:
> > > >
> > https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=nodejs&suite=experimental
> > > >
> > > > - amd64 some tests won't pass because of network issues
> > > >   I never figured why some build servers fail on this, and some not.
> > > > *  If anyone knows an explanation, that'll help.*
> > >
> > > I suggest to ask on debian-devel at l.d.o
> > >
> > > Alternatively - if those tests are possible to identify and isolate -
> > > skip them during build and have them run at autobuildtest instead.
> >
> > Not sure if you're already made aware, but nodejs was mentioned today in
> > a perl bug where (as I understand it) the suspicion is that failures
> > connecting to localhost is related to systems having both ipv4 127.0.0.1
> > and ipv6 ::1.
> >
> > See bug#962318.
> >
> 
> That was an helpful hint.
> I made a bad fix for nodejs 12 to be able to build on conova at the moment,
> and upstream nodejs/libuv has respawned the discussion around this issue,
> as i figured out they were already well aware of it.
> 
> On another front, i realized /usr/include/nodejs was bad because of two
> things:
> - upstream expects /usr/include/node, if any
> - upstream now has a "correct" set of headers to install there
> So, from now on nodejs 12 installs headers like that.
> But i didn't want to hinder the transition, so i left the old way in
> /usr/include/nodejs,
> and i'll change node-gyp to use /usr/include/node when all is in testing.

Great work!

 - Jonas

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