[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#980928: Bug#980928: npm: Installing any package gives "npm ERR! current.merge is not a function"

[Xavier]

Le 24/01/2021 à 15:52, Jan Kiszka a écrit :
> Package: npm
> Version: 7.4.0+ds-1~bpo10+2
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Tried out via, e.g., "npm install serialport" inside a debian:buster-slim
> container. Happens with both "npm node-*" as well only the required
> node-packages takes from backports.

npm was pushed to buster-backports without trying autopkgtest, which
confirms the bug. There is probably a missing minimal version of one
dependency, but I didn't found which one for now.