Maximum call stack size exceededment-ui@1.3.7~preinstall: no script for preinstall,

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I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

 element git:(master) npm install
Unhandled rejection RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceededment-ui@1.3.7~preinstall: no script for preinstall, continuing
    at exports.create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/node.js:33:25)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/node.js:36:14
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at exports.create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/node.js:33:25)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/node.js:36:14
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at exports.create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install/node.js:33:25)
    at normalizeTree (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:377:5)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at normalizeTree (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:379:19)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at normalizeTree (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:379:19)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at normalizeTree (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:379:19)
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at normalizeTree (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:379:19)

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/zyx/.npm/_logs/2017-07-11T06_04_20_824Z-debug.log

2017-07-11T06_04_20_824Z-debug.log :

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/Cellar/node/8.1.2/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'install' ]
2 info using npm@5.0.4
3 info using node@v8.1.2
4 verbose npm-session 29b15c3e2dbd1344
5 silly install runPreinstallTopLevelLifecycles
6 silly preinstall element-ui@1.3.7
7 info lifecycle element-ui@1.3.7~preinstall: element-ui@1.3.7
8 silly lifecycle element-ui@1.3.7~preinstall: no script for preinstall, continuing
9 silly install loadCurrentTree
10 silly install readLocalPackageData
11 error cb() never called!
12 error This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
13 error <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

supporting information:

• npm -v prints:5.0.4
• node -v prints:V8.1.2
• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: OS X/macOS
• Network issues:
  • Geographic location where npm was run:
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.
• Container:
  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).