Npm Task fail to install packages

[gpad]

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Pool: Azure Pipelines
Image: Ubuntu16
Queued: Today at 12:32 PM [manage parallel jobs]
Agent: Hosted Agent
Started: Today at 12:33 PM
Duration: 40s

Issue Description

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Executing npm install fails using the committed package.json

Task logs

12953 verbose stack Error: spawn EPERM
12953 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)
12953 verbose stack     at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9)
12953 verbose stack     at promiseRetry (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:216:24)
12953 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24
12954 verbose cwd /__w/1/s
12955 verbose Linux 4.15.0-1061-azure
12956 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
12957 verbose node v10.17.0
12958 verbose npm  v6.11.3
12959 error code EPERM
12960 error syscall spawn
12961 error errno EPERM
12962 error Error: spawn EPERM
12962 error     at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)
12962 error     at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9)
12962 error     at promiseRetry (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:216:24)
12962 error     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24
12962 error  { Error: spawn EPERM
12962 error     at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)
12962 error     at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9)
12962 error     at promiseRetry (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:216:24)
12962 error     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24
12962 error   cause:
12962 error    { Error: spawn EPERM
12962 error        at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)
12962 error        at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9)
12962 error        at promiseRetry (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:216:24)
12962 error        at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24 errno: 'EPERM', code: 'EPERM', syscall: 'spawn' },
12962 error   stack:
12962 error    'Error: spawn EPERM\n    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)\n    at Object.spawn (child_process.js:551:9)\n    at promiseRetry (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:216:24)\n    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24',
12962 error   errno: 'EPERM',
12962 error   code: 'EPERM',
12962 error   syscall: 'spawn',
12962 error   parent: 's' }
12963 error The operation was rejected by your operating system.
12963 error It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
12963 error
12963 error If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
12963 error permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
12963 error the command again as root/Administrator.
12964 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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Error logs

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[gpad]

Just to give you some information I have discovered that the issue is caused by the presence in the pacakage.json of a package defined in git "react-edit-inline": "bynhanpham/ReactInlineEdit" this is legal entry and should be managed by this task ...

[johnterickson]

@gpad Did you see this when running npm install directly?

[gpad]

Yes

[jmyersmsft]

Looks like npm/cli#476