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

[Xavier]

Control: tags -1 + pending

Le 25/01/2021 à 10:35, Xavier a écrit :
> 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.

Found: it requires node-ssri ≥ 8. I just pushed it to buster-backports
but since it is new in it, we have to wait a little for its acceptance.

Also I just pushed a new npm_7.4.3+ds-2 in Debian unstable with good
requirements.