Install failure for v0.34.0

[simonsanchez]

The latest release, v0.34.0 as of the time of this writing, fails to install.

Raw logs

2023-05-01T22:14:16.7235855Z Requested labels: ubuntu-latest
2023-05-01T22:14:16.7236088Z Job defined at: simonsanchez/gulp-sample/.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yaml@refs/heads/main
2023-05-01T22:14:16.7236193Z Waiting for a runner to pick up this job...
2023-05-01T22:14:17.5139229Z Job is waiting for a hosted runner to come online.
2023-05-01T22:14:20.5441825Z Job is about to start running on the hosted runner: GitHub Actions 2 (hosted)
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3516372Z Current runner version: '2.303.0'
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3549072Z ##[group]Operating System
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3549797Z Ubuntu
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3550260Z 22.04.2
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3550551Z LTS
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3550908Z ##[endgroup]
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3551301Z ##[group]Runner Image
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3551659Z Image: ubuntu-22.04
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3552084Z Version: 20230426.1
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3552699Z Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/ubuntu22/20230426.1/images/linux/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3553472Z Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/ubuntu22%2F20230426.1
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3553949Z ##[endgroup]
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3554393Z ##[group]Runner Image Provisioner
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3554803Z 2.0.161.1
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3555474Z ##[endgroup]
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3556315Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3557022Z Contents: read
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3557350Z Metadata: read
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3558050Z Packages: read
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3558511Z ##[endgroup]
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3563245Z Secret source: Actions
2023-05-01T22:14:23.3563858Z Prepare workflow directory
2023-05-01T22:14:23.4440270Z Prepare all required actions
2023-05-01T22:14:23.4776510Z Complete job name: example
2023-05-01T22:14:23.6157143Z ##[group]Run npm install -g markdownlint-cli@0.34.0
2023-05-01T22:14:23.6157822Z �[36;1mnpm install -g markdownlint-cli@0.34.0�[0m
2023-05-01T22:14:23.6980214Z shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
2023-05-01T22:14:23.6980887Z ##[endgroup]
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4526337Z npm ERR! code 127
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4528271Z npm ERR! git dep preparation failed
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4529698Z npm ERR! command /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js install --force --cache=/home/runner/.npm --prefer-offline=false --prefer-online=false --offline=false --no-progress --no-save --no-audit --include=dev --include=peer --include=optional --no-package-lock-only --no-dry-run
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4530682Z npm ERR! npm WARN using --force Recommended protections disabled.
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4531315Z npm ERR! npm ERR! code 127
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4531878Z npm ERR! npm ERR! path /home/runner/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clonehTo32A
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4532347Z npm ERR! npm ERR! command failed
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4534920Z npm ERR! npm ERR! command sh -c npm run compile
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4536980Z npm ERR! npm ERR! > cliui@8.0.1 precompile
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4537411Z npm ERR! npm ERR! > rimraf build
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4538025Z npm ERR! npm ERR! npm WARN using --force Recommended protections disabled.
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4538489Z npm ERR! npm ERR! sh: 1: rimraf: not found
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4538862Z npm ERR! 
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4539283Z npm ERR! npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4539925Z npm ERR! npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2023-05-01T22_14_27_788Z-debug-0.log
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4540234Z 
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4540469Z npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4541004Z npm ERR!     /home/runner/.npm/_logs/2023-05-01T22_14_24_730Z-debug-0.log
2023-05-01T22:14:28.4669316Z ##[error]Process completed with exit code 127.
2023-05-01T22:14:28.5176453Z Cleaning up orphan processes

Sample workflow to reproduce

name: markdownlint

on: workflow_dispatch

jobs:
  example:
    runs-on:
      - ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: install markdownlint-cli
        run: npm install -g markdownlint-cli@0.34.0

Pinning to the prior version v0.33.0 will successfully install.

[DavidAnson]

As a first investigative step, this scenario works fine in a clean Docker container:

user@HOST Temp % docker run --rm --tty --name playground --volume $PWD:/home/workdir --workdir /home/workdir --user node --interactive node:18 bash
node@87c3c4ef8bbe:/home/workdir$ npm install markdownlint-cli@0.34.0    

added 59 packages in 21s

17 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
node@87c3c4ef8bbe:/home/workdir$ ./node_modules/.bin/markdownlint --version
0.34.0
node@87c3c4ef8bbe:/home/workdir$ 

[DavidAnson]

This works fine for my precommit scenarios (see linked issue which suggests otherwise): https://github.com/DavidAnson/Workflows/actions/runs/4856566071/jobs/8656246014

However, the --global install scenario fails for me as well in a new test (though local install works fine): https://github.com/DavidAnson/Workflows/actions/runs/4856566073

I'll have a look this evening.

[DavidAnson]

Here is someone reporting the same cliui/rimraf issue - but on Windows under DevOps installing angular:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76150986/installing-packages-globally-with-npm-is-failing-on-windows-with-rimraf-error

Totally different environment, same failure. My guess is that some mutual dependency broke a bunch of projects like this.

[DavidAnson]

I'm reasonably confident this is the underlying issue: isaacs/jackspeak#4

[DavidAnson]

The dependency has been fixed, please try again.