isaacs/npm — Issue #1730: 2011-11-17 git npm will not work with current git node (https://github.com/joyent/node)
Author: wolfgangw
Created: 2011-11-17 19:22:31+00:00
State: open

Title really says it all. Is there a specific reason it won't work with what current git node reports as version v0.7.0-pre?

$ curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
101 7184 101 7184 0 0 2004 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 22520
tar=/bin/tar
version:
tar (GNU tar) 1.22
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
fetching: http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.0.106.tgz
You need node 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.6 to run this program.
node --version reports: v0.7.0-pre
Please upgrade node before continuing.
It failed