"npx gatsby-cli --help" throws error

[detj]

Description

Running gatsby-cli via npx fails with error cb.apply is not a function

Steps to reproduce

1. Make sure gatsby-cli is not installed globally
2. Run npx gatsby-cli --help

Expected result

gatsby-cli should run the respective command. In this case, it should show the CLI help instructions. The error is same irregardless of the command being run. So, running npx gatsby-cli new <some-dir> also throws the same error.

Actual result

Got this error

npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/detj/.npm/_logs/2020-08-16T21_52_51_610Z-debug.log
Install for [ 'gatsby-cli@latest' ] failed with code 1

Environment

$ node -v
v12.18.3

$ npm -v
6.14.6

$ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.15.6
BuildVersion:	19G2021

[detj]

this issue could be related to nodejs/help#2874

[detj]

closing this issue as this is not really related to gatsby. see nodejs/help#2871, nodejs/help#2874 & nodejs/node#34162