On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Isaac Schlueter <i...@izs.me> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Oliver Leics <oliver.le...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The PLUS is now a MINUS as it came out that it is _not_ the missing >> NODE_PATH env var that makes the installation of dtrace-provider fail >> on a LinuxDebian box. > > No, my guess is that it's the lack of DTrace on Linux that makes it fail.
Yes, it fails because of this. Nevertheless restify should install. But the good news is: Problem solved for me, see https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2546 >> OT & @Isaac: Please see https://github.com/mcavage/node-restify/issues/161 >> "That's a general feature request for npm (i.e., install X without Y)." > > Probably not going to happen. I could see a use for a "Never even try > to install package xyz" type of option in npm, but it should be a > feature request, and would need some discussion to flesh out exactly > how it works. I don't like to fill blacklists. > In most cases (including, in my opinion, this one) an > optionalDependency is exactly the right fit. I see it the same way for dependencies that are okay to fail on install. But, for example, I saw your commit to tako that makes socket.io optional by a try-catch. How to state in package.json that socket.io can be used but must be installed by hand? -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
