[DRE-maint] Bug#970550: diaspora installation fails with ExecJS::ProgramError: TypeError: Cannot read property 'list' of undefined

[Pirate Praveen]

Package: diaspora
Version: 0.7.14.0-2
Severity: grave

Using packages from 
https://wiki.debian.org/Diaspora#Buster_Fasttrack.2Fpersonal_repo

(as rails 5 in not available in unstable/experimental) installation 
fails with

Bundle complete! 101 Gemfile dependencies, 223 gems now installed.
Use `bundle info [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.
Setting up secret_token...
Checking if the database is empty...
diaspora_production database is not empty, skipping database setup
Running migrations...
Precompiling assets...
rake aborted!
ExecJS::ProgramError: TypeError: Cannot read property 'list' of 
undefined
/usr/share/diaspora/app/assets/config/manifest.js:9
(execjs):150:23
(execjs):76:3
(execjs):77:2
(execjs):8643:14
(execjs):1:40
Object.<anonymous> ((execjs):1:58)
Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/autoprefixer-rails-8.6.5/lib/autoprefixer-rails/processor.rb:153:in 
`runtime'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/autoprefixer-rails-8.6.5/lib/autoprefixer-rails/processor.rb:37:in 
`process'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/autoprefixer-rails-8.6.5/lib/autoprefixer-rails/sprockets.rb:20:in 
`run'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/autoprefixer-rails-8.6.5/lib/autoprefixer-rails/sprockets.rb:14:in 
`call'
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/all/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in 
`<top (required)>'
Tasks: TOP => assets:precompile
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
dpkg: error processing package diaspora (--configure):
 installed diaspora package post-installation script subprocess 
returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 diaspora
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)