isaacs/npm — Issue #2027: Error: Using '>=' with 0.4.x makes no sense. Don't do it.
Author: phubbard
Created: 2012-01-12 19:01:27+00:00
State: open

Debian, npm and nodejs installed from sid packages. Trying to use 37signals' Hubot:

npm WARN Not supported on node@v0.4.12 xmlrpc
npm ERR! Error: Using '>=' with 0.4.x makes no sense. Don't do it.
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:94:29
npm ERR! at String.replace (native)
npm ERR! at replaceXRange (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:88:25)
npm ERR! at Array.map (native)
npm ERR! at replaceXRanges (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:84:17)
npm ERR! at Array.map (native)
npm ERR! at toComparators (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:66:8)
npm ERR! at Object.validRange (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/semver.js:138:11)
npm ERR! at testEngine (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/read-json.js:244:44)
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/utils/read-json.js:183:10
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at
npm ERR! or email it to
npm ERR! Just tweeting a tiny part of the error will not be helpful.
npm not ok
bin/hubot: 6: exec: node_modules/.bin/hubot: not found