[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1113940: eslinit --init fails due to missing dependency

[Guido Günther]

Package: eslint
Version: 6.4.0~dfsg+~6.1.9-12
Severity: important

Hi,

running `eslint --init` fails like below:

$ eslint --init 
Error: Cannot find module 'inquirer'
Require stack:
- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/init/config-initializer.js
- /usr/share/nodejs/eslint/bin/eslint.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1212:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1043:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1298:19)
    at require (/usr/share/nodejs/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:159:20)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/nodejs/eslint/lib/init/config-initializer.js:15:16)
    at Module._compile (/usr/share/nodejs/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:192:30)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1613:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1275:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1096:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1298:19)

Instsalling node-inquirer fixes this but it's currently only a
"suggests". I think it should be a dependency but maybe `Recommends:` is
enough.

As initing a project is a crucial function of a linter I've filed this
as important (should probably be grave).

Cheers,
 -- Guido


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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386, arm64

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Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages eslint depends on:
ii  node-ajv                                8.12.0~ds+~2.1.1-5
ii  node-concat-stream                      2.0.0+~2.0.0-2
ii  node-debug                              4.3.4+~cs4.1.7-1
ii  node-doctrine                           3.0.0-4
ii  node-eslint-scope                       7.1.1+~3.7.4-1
ii  node-eslint-utils                       3.0.0-3
ii  node-eslint-visitor-keys [node-types-e  3.3.0+~1.0.0-1
    stree]
ii  node-espree                             9.4.1~dfsg-2
ii  node-esquery                            1.4.2~ds-1
ii  node-estraverse                         5.3.0+ds+~5.1.1-1
ii  node-esutils                            2.0.3+~2.0.0-1
ii  node-file-entry-cache                   6.0.1+~3.0.4+~2.0.0+~1.0.0+~2.0.1-1
ii  node-functional-red-black-tree          1.0.1+20181105-7
ii  node-glob-parent                        6.0.2+~5.1.1-2
ii  node-globals                            13.23.0-1
ii  node-ignore                             5.2.1-1
ii  node-imurmurhash                        0.1.4+dfsg+~0.1.1-2
ii  node-is-glob                            4.0.3-2
ii  node-json-schema [node-types-json-sche  0.4.0+~7.0.11-1
    ma]
ii  node-json-stable-stringify              1.0.2+repack1+~cs1.0.34-2
ii  node-levn                               0.4.1+dfsg-2
ii  node-lodash                             4.17.21+dfsg+~cs8.31.198.20210220-9
ii  node-memfs                              3.4.12+~cs1.0.3-1
ii  node-mkdirp                             2.1.6+~cs5.2.1-2
ii  node-optionator                         0.9.1+dfsg+~cs1.2.3-1
ii  node-progress                           2.0.3-2
ii  node-regenerate-unicode-properties      10.1.0+ds-1
ii  node-regexpp                            3.2.0-5
ii  node-resolve-from [node-import-fresh]   5.0.0+~3.1.0+~3.3.0+~2.0.0-1
ii  node-semver                             7.6.1+~7.5.8-2
ii  node-strip-json-comments                4.0.0-4
ii  node-v8-compile-cache                   2.4.0-2
ii  nodejs                                  20.19.2+dfsg-1

Versions of packages eslint recommends:
ii  node-chalk       5.6.0-1
ii  node-js-yaml     4.1.0+dfsg+~4.0.5-7
ii  node-strip-ansi  6.0.1-2
ii  node-text-table  0.2.0-4

Versions of packages eslint suggests:
pn  node-babel-eslint  <none>
ii  node-esprima       4.0.1+ds+~4.0.3-2
pn  node-esprima-fb    <none>
ii  node-inquirer      8.2.5+~cs26.8.16-1

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