Install fails for unknown reasons, not enough debug output, repro steps available with minimal scenario

[alcohol]

Version:

/workspace # node --version
v8.9.1
/workspace # npm --version
5.5.1

Platform:

• Host

uname -a
Darwin macbookpro.local 17.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.2.0: Fri Sep 29 18:27:05 PDT 2017;
  root:xnu-4570.20.62~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 i386 MacBookPro11,4 Darwin

• Container

uname -a
Linux 0dc025d60b1c 4.9.60-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Mon Nov 6 16:00:12 UTC 2017 x86_64 Linux

---

FILES

package.json for reproduction:

{
  "name": "test",
  "private": true,
  "devDependencies": {
    "cucumber": "^2.3.1",
    "cucumber-junit": "^1.7.0"
  }
}

Dockerfile for reproduction:

FROM alpine:3.7

RUN apk add --no-cache --update git tini nodejs=8.9.1-r0

WORKDIR /workspace

ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--"]

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REPRO

Repro steps host:

docker build --tag test-image .
docker run --rm -it -e HOME=/tmp -w /workspace -v $(pwd):/workspace test-image sh

Repro steps inside container:

npm install --verbose

---

OUTCOME

npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'install', '--verbose' ]
npm info using npm@5.5.1
npm info using node@v8.9.1
npm verb npm-session 8b372084f9346ee1
npm info lifecycle test@~preinstall: test@
npm http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/cucumber 128ms

...snipped...

npm info linkStuff cucumber@2.3.1
npm verb linkBins cucumber@2.3.1
npm verb linkBins [ { 'cucumber.js': './bin/cucumber.js',
npm verb linkBins     'cucumber-js': './bin/cucumber.js',
npm verb linkBins     cucumberjs: './bin/cucumber.js' },
npm verb linkBins   '/workspace/node_modules/.bin',
npm verb linkBins   false ]
npm verb linkMans cucumber@2.3.1
npm verb unlock done using /tmp/.npm/_locks/staging-afa1b9ac6beb89c7.lock for /workspace/node_modules/.staging
npm verb stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/workspace/node_modules/cucumber/bin/cucumber.js'
npm verb cwd /workspace
npm verb Linux 4.9.60-linuxkit-aufs
npm verb argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--verbose"
npm verb node v8.9.1
npm verb npm  v5.5.1
npm ERR! path /workspace/node_modules/cucumber/bin/cucumber.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/workspace/node_modules/cucumber/bin/cucumber.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
npm verb exit [ -2, true ]

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /tmp/.npm/_logs/2017-12-06T16_40_19_127Z-debug.log

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EXPECTED

Everything gets installed.

[cjihrig]

This issue tracker is for reporting bugs and feature requests related to Node core. Can you ask support questions at https://github.com/nodejs/help. Or, if you think this is an issue with npm, at https://github.com/npm/npm.

[alcohol]

Sorry, I don't understand the javascript ecosystem it seems.

[cjihrig]

No worries. Neither do I.