Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 997978
Upgrade breaks npm, reinstalling corrects problem
Last modified: 2013-09-30 14:45:33 EDT
Description of problem: The symbolic link for /usr/lib/node_modules/inherits becomes mangled upon upgrade to 1.3.3 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.3.3 How reproducible: Have not tried (Numerous reports from RHEL/CentOS/Fedora users) Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install pre npm 1.3.3 2. Update to npm 1.3.3 3. Execute npm with any parameters Actual results: npm ERR! Error: Cannot find module 'inherits' (See link below for full output) Expected results: npm to operate as expected Additional info: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/3724 Workaround: Erase the npm package and reinstall
Just wanted to add the following context: https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/3724#issuecomment-22784969 For the workaround, we tried to simply uninstall the yum packages and reinstall. It didn't fix the problem with the symlinks. Instead, our system admin had to perform the full: yum erase npm nodejs rm -rf /usr/lib/node_modules yum install npm
Looks like there's an rpm bug somewhere, since the package is correct since it installs cleanly fine. Not sure why rpm isn't updating some symlinks. :-( This is easily "fixed" by upgrading npm; newer versions don't require inherits anymore. But stuff down the stack does, and in case the symlinks are messed up there too I added a post-install script to nodejs-inherits that fixes up the symlinks when upgrading from older versions. Sorry for the trouble. Fixed builds will be queued for epel-testing shortly.
nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc19
nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc18
npm-1.3.6-4.el6, node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6, nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6, nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6, nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6, nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-form-data-0.1.0-1.el6, nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6, nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6, nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6, nodejs-mime-1.2.10-1.el6, nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6, nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-npm-registry-client-0.2.27-2.el6, nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6, nodejs-read-installed-0.2.3-1.el6, nodejs-read-package-json-1.1.1-1.el6, nodejs-request-2.25.0-1.el6, nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6, nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6, nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11191/node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6,nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6,nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6,nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6,nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6,nodejs-form-data-0.1.0-1.el6,nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6,nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6,nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6,nodejs-mime-1.2.10-1.el6,nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6,nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6,nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6,nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6,nodejs-npm-registry-client-0.2.27-2.el6,nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6,nodejs-read-installed-0.2.3-1.el6,nodejs-read-package-json-1.1.1-1.el6,nodejs-request-2.25.0-1.el6,nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6,nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6,nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6,nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6,nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6,npm-1.3.6-4.el6
Thanks for the quick turnaround!
Package npm-1.3.6-4.el6, node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6, nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6, nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6, nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6, nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-form-data-0.1.0-1.el6, nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6, nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6, nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6, nodejs-mime-1.2.10-1.el6, nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6, nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-npm-registry-client-0.2.27-2.el6, nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6, nodejs-read-installed-0.2.3-1.el6, nodejs-read-package-json-1.1.1-1.el6, nodejs-request-2.25.0-1.el6, nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6, nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6, nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing npm-1.3.6-4.el6 node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6 nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6 nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6 nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6 nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6 nodejs-form-data-0.1.0-1.el6 nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6 nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6 nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6 nodejs-mime-1.2.10-1.el6 nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6 nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6 nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6 nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6 nodejs-npm-registry-client-0.2.27-2.el6 nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6 nodejs-read-installed-0.2.3-1.el6 nodejs-read-package-json-1.1.1-1.el6 nodejs-request-2.25.0-1.el6 nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6 nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6 nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6 nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6 nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-11191/node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6,nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6,nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6,nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6,nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6,nodejs-form-data-0.1.0-1.el6,nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6,nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6,nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6,nodejs-mime-1.2.10-1.el6,nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6,nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6,nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6,nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6,nodejs-npm-registry-client-0.2.27-2.el6,nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6,nodejs-read-installed-0.2.3-1.el6,nodejs-read-package-json-1.1.1-1.el6,nodejs-request-2.25.0-1.el6,nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6,nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6,nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6,nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6,nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6,npm-1.3.6-4.el6 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
nodejs-request-2.25.0-3.el6, npm-1.3.6-4.el6, node-gyp-0.10.6-2.el6, nodejs-assert-plus-0.1.4-1.el6, nodejs-bindings-1.1.1-1.el6, nodejs-block-stream-0.0.7-1.el6, nodejs-cryptiles-0.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-fstream-0.1.24-1.el6, nodejs-glob-3.2.6-1.el6, nodejs-hawk-1.0.0-1.el6, nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.4-1.el6, nodejs-nopt-2.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-normalize-package-data-0.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-npmconf-0.1.2-1.el6, nodejs-read-1.0.5-1.el6, nodejs-rimraf-2.2.2-1.el6, nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6, nodejs-sha-1.2.1-1.el6, nodejs-tar-0.1.18-1.el6, nodejs-inherits-2.0.0-4.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.