[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#988307: eslint --init fails with "cannot find module 'inquirer'

[Markus Demleitner]

Package: eslint
Version: 5.16.0~dfsg+~4.16.8-5
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Immediately after an installation of eslint, running eslint --init
yields:

	Error: Cannot find module 'inquirer'
	Require stack:
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/config/config-initializer.js
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/bin/eslint.js
    	at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:15)
    	at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:667:27)
    	at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    	at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    	at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/config/config-initializer.js:14:16)
    	at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    	at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
    	at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
    	at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
    	at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)

I see there's a node-inquirer in recommends; that currently has no
installation candidate on my system, but this behaviour would suggest
this should really be a depends -- or, perhaps that a line or two on how
to run eslint without it in the manpage or a README.Debian would be
helpful.

Incidentally, trying with eslint --no-eslintrc I also get a missing 
dependency:

	There was a problem loading formatter: ./formatters/stylish
	Error: Cannot find module 'text-table'
	Require stack:
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/formatters/stylish.js
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/cli-engine.js
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/cli.js
	- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/bin/eslint.js

-- perhaps node-table needs to be promoted to depends, too?

Thanks,

           Markus


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing-security
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.11.11 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_USER, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages eslint depends on:
ii  node-ajv                                6.12.6-2
ii  node-concat-stream                      2.0.0-1
ii  node-debug                              4.3.1+~cs4.1.5-1
ii  node-doctrine                           3.0.0-2
ii  node-eslint-scope                       5.1.1-1
ii  node-eslint-utils                       2.1.0-3
ii  node-eslint-visitor-keys [node-types-e  2.0.0+~0.0.45-1
ii  node-espree                             7.3.1~dfsg1-1
ii  node-esquery                            1.3.1~ds-3
ii  node-estraverse                         5.2.0-1
ii  node-esutils                            2.0.3-1
ii  node-file-entry-cache                   6.0.0+~3.0.4+~2.0.0+~1.0.0+~2.0.1-1
ii  node-functional-red-black-tree          1.0.1+20181105-4
ii  node-glob                               7.1.6+~7.1.3-1
ii  node-globals                            13.5.0-1
ii  node-ignore                             5.1.4-5
ii  node-imurmurhash                        0.1.4-1.1
ii  node-json-schema [node-types-json-sche  0.3.0+~7.0.6-1
ii  node-json-stable-stringify              1.0.1+~cs5.1.32-1
ii  node-levn                               0.3.0+dfsg-4
ii  node-lodash                             4.17.21+dfsg+~cs8.31.173-1
ii  node-mkdirp                             1.0.4+~1.0.1-1
ii  node-optionator                         0.9.1+dfsg-1
ii  node-path-is-inside                     1.0.2-1.1
ii  node-progress                           2.0.3-1
ii  node-regenerate-unicode-properties      8.2.0+ds-1
ii  node-regexpp                            3.1.0-4
ii  node-resolve-from [node-import-fresh]   5.0.0+~3.1.0+~3.3.0+~2.0.0-1
ii  node-semver                             7.3.4-1
ii  node-strip-json-comments                3.1.1-1
ii  nodejs                                  12.21.0~dfsg-4

Versions of packages eslint recommends:
ii  node-chalk       4.1.0-1
pn  node-inquirer    <none>
ii  node-js-yaml     3.14.1+dfsg+~3.12.6-2
ii  node-strip-ansi  6.0.0-2
pn  node-text-table  <none>

Versions of packages eslint suggests:
pn  node-babel-code-frame  <none>
pn  node-babel-eslint      <none>
ii  node-esprima           4.0.1+ds+~4.0.2-2
pn  node-esprima-fb        <none>
pn  node-table             <none>

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