npm markAsFailed recursion results in "Maximum call stack size exceeded"

[vtravieso]

Invoking an npm command on the 'cli-color' package results in a "Maximum call stack size exceeded".

Node: v4.4.4
npm: v3.9.2

Steps to reproduce:

1. npm install -g cli-color
2. change directory to where cli-color is installed
3. npm uninstall foo

Result: Npm throws the error "Maximum call stack size exceeded"

The error seems to be caused by the cli-color package having circular dependencies, which causes an infinite recursion in the npm code that marks a package and its reqs as failed (node_modules\npm\lib\install\actions.js:54:16) - see attached log file.

Skipping the recursion when the req has already been flagged avoids the error.

npm-debug.zip

[jblotus]

+1

I had similar issue - disabling progress actually allowed my install to complete
npm set progress=false && rm -rf ~/.npm && rm -rf node_modules && npm install

#11283

my debug output from the failure:
54933 silly build readable-stream@1.0.34
54934 verbose stack RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
54934 verbose stack at Object.color (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/console-control-strings/index.js:117:39)
54934 verbose stack at EventEmitter.log._format (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:255:30)
54934 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:138:24)
54934 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:97:13)
54934 verbose stack at emit (events.js:175:7)
54934 verbose stack at null. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js:23:18)
54934 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:97:13)
54934 verbose stack at emit (events.js:175:7)
54934 verbose stack at null. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js:23:18)
54934 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:97:13)
54934 verbose stack at emit (events.js:175:7)
54935 verbose cwd /home/nodetemp
54936 error Linux 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64
54937 error argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "--no-bin-links"

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