Yarn fails to install 6.0.4, but can install 6.0.3 fine

[StephanBijzitter]

Yarn tells me:

utf-8-validate@npm:6.0.4 couldn't be built successfully (exit code 1, logs can be found here: C:\Users\stephan\AppData\Local\Temp\xfs-51368c88\build.log)

And the content of the log file (some directory names redacted):

# This file contains the result of Yarn building a package (utf-8-validate@npm:6.0.4)
# Script name: install

node:internal/child_process:421
    throw new ErrnoException(err, 'spawn');
    ^

Error: spawn EINVAL
    at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:421:11)
    at Object.spawn (node:child_process:761:9)
    at build (C:\Users\stephan\github\redacted\Redacted\node_modules\node-gyp-build\bin.js:29:8)
    at preinstall (C:\Users\stephan\github\redacted\Redacted\node_modules\node-gyp-build\bin.js:38:32)
    at C:\Users\stephan\github\redacted\Redacted\node_modules\node-gyp-build\bin.js:11:7
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:430:5)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:457:11)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28) {
  errno: -4071,
  code: 'EINVAL',
  syscall: 'spawn'
}

Node.js v20.12.2

To reproduce:

nvm install 20.12.2
nvm use 20.12.2
yarn add utf-8-validate@6.0.4

[lpinca]

I can't reproduce the issue:

$ nvm use 20.12.2
Now using node v20.12.2 (npm v10.5.0)
$ yarn -v
1.22.22
$ yarn add utf-8-validate@6.0.4
yarn add v1.22.22
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Saved lockfile.
success Saved 2 new dependencies.
info Direct dependencies
└─ utf-8-validate@6.0.4
info All dependencies
├─ node-gyp-build@4.8.1
└─ utf-8-validate@6.0.4
Done in 0.33s.

[GleyderC]

Hello @StephanBijzitter ,
This is also happening to me, the thing here is 6.0.4 includes a major version of node-gyp, which has a couple of breaking changes, take a look at those changes, they might be affecting you nodejs/node-gyp@4c302ca

[lpinca]

node-gyp is a dev dependency that is not installed.

[lpinca]

See prebuild/node-gyp-build#68.

[lpinca]

Try to regenerate your lock file so that utf-8-validate picks node-gyp-build@4.8.1 (the latest version).

[StephanBijzitter]

The node-gyp-build version that was installed was:

"node-gyp-build@npm:^4.3.0":
  version: 4.3.0
  resolution: "node-gyp-build@npm:4.3.0"
  bin:
    node-gyp-build: bin.js
    node-gyp-build-optional: optional.js
    node-gyp-build-test: build-test.js
  checksum: 10/673bd8f12694cc226747333fc181a7288e32dc96e88067bccb9ae3969ed1459fe461f85ad76d0ec8566ec1ae75c179e7a6667b0094cc78c9431ecfc95b5c24aa
  languageName: node
  linkType: hard

After removing it from the lockfile and letting yarn re-install it:

"node-gyp-build@npm:^4.3.0":
version: 4.8.1
resolution: "node-gyp-build@npm:4.8.1"
bin:
  node-gyp-build: bin.js
  node-gyp-build-optional: optional.js
  node-gyp-build-test: build-test.js
checksum: 10/b9297770f96a92e5f2b854f3fd5e4bd418df81d7785a81ab60cec5cf2e5e72dc2c3319808978adc572cfa3885e6b12338cb5f4034bed2cab35f0d76a4b75ccdf
languageName: node
linkType: hard

Running yarn add utf-8-validate@6.0.4

➤ YN0000: ┌ Link step
➤ YN0007: │ utf-8-validate@npm:6.0.4 must be built because it never has been before or the last one failed
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 2s 554ms

Nice. Thanks for the help lads!

(So I guess the steps to reproduce were indeed a bit lackluster, as on a clean install you'd likely already get the up-to-date version of node-gyp-build)

[nikosszzz]

I had the same issue, but I'm using PNPM. I only got it to work by changing the lockfile to use the node-gyp-build 4.8.1 version because it wouldn't use the new version automatically.

[SKT1yang]

I also found the same problem. I am developing a vue3 project, using vite:5.2.12, vite depends on ws:8.13.0, ws depends on utf-8-validate, using node version 18.17.0, pnpm install is normal, using 20.14.0 or 22.3.0, the installation of dependencies fails, and the running install script fails, that is, calling the node-gyp-build script fails

[AiHaibara]

I also found the same problem. I am developing a vue3 project, using vite:5.2.12, vite depends on ws:8.13.0, ws depends on utf-8-validate, using node version 18.17.0, pnpm install is normal, using 20.14.0 or 22.3.0, the installation of dependencies fails, and the running install script fails, that is, calling the node-gyp-build script fails

i also have the issue in 6.0.4 and succ in 6.0.3, it tips me missing tracker.exe for node-gyp-build.
how to solve this? should install the msvc 2022 build tools?