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npm link broken on windows with node 4 #9505

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jon-hall opened this issue Sep 6, 2015 · 4 comments
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npm link broken on windows with node 4 #9505

jon-hall opened this issue Sep 6, 2015 · 4 comments
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jon-hall commented Sep 6, 2015

Using npm 3.3.2, after updating to node v4.0.0-rc.1, 'npm link' throws an error on Windows complaining that the node version is pre-0.7.9.
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Since this is a real world problem that happens to be a hassle for me: Is there any way I could help to work on this bug?

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othiym23 commented Sep 8, 2015

As soon as Node 4.0.0 is released (which should be imminent), this problem will go away. The underlying issue is that semver range matching doesn't include prerelease versions like 4.0.0-rc.1. We're still discussing how to deal with this inside npm, because it definitely makes Node RCs and nightlies less useful than they should be.

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You're right, the problem has disappeared for me with 4.0.0. That said, being able to test against future prerelease versions would be of much help for my team.

iarna pushed a commit that referenced this issue Sep 10, 2015
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link: allow npm link to run on windows with prerelease versions of node
6665e54 
(provided they are newer than 0.7.9)

PR-URL: #9506
Fixes: #9505
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zkat pushed a commit that referenced this issue Sep 11, 2015
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link: npm link works on win with node pres & RCs
c4dd521 
(provided they are newer than 0.7.9)

PR-URL: #9506
Fixes: #9505
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This is fixed in 6665e54 and c4dd521 for npm@3 and npm@2 respectively. Thanks for filing this!

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