Bug: updating package is broken

[dhtzs]

Environment

ESLint version:
@eslint/css version: v0.3.0
Node version: v22.14.0
npm version: v11.1.0
Operating System: linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2

Which language are you using?

rule

What did you do?

$ cat package.json
{
"name": "test",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"devDependencies": {
"@eslint/css": "^0.3.0"
}
}

$ npm install @eslint/css --save-dev

added 12 packages, and audited 14 packages in 2s

found 0 vulnerabilities

$ npm install @eslint/css --save-dev
npm error Cannot destructure property 'package' of 'node.target' as it is null.
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/dhtzs/.npm/_logs/2025-02-19T23_35_13_864Z-debug-0.log

What did you expect to happen?

Expected to install the latest version of @eslint/css.

What actually happened?

Got an error

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

Additional comments

2025-02-19T23_36_53_562Z-debug-0.log

[MikeMcC399]

@dhtzs

To install the latest version you would need:

npm install @eslint/css@latest --save-dev

however that fails the same way

npm error Cannot destructure property 'package' of 'node.target' as it is null.

Workaround

npm uninstall @eslint/css
npm install @eslint/css@latest --save-dev

[nzakas]

This is an error with the npm cli, not with the package itself. This happens when there's a conflict between an already-installed package's dependencies and the dependencies of a package that is attempting to be installed. That's why removing and then reinstalling fixes the problem.

You can try opening a bug with npm, although they're not very responsive these days.

[dhtzs]

Hey @nzakas, I tried reproducing the same bug using an older version ([email protected]) and I'm getting the same error. Again, these are the commands to reproduce this:

$ mkdir eslint-css
$ cd eslint-css
$ npm init -y
$ npm install @eslint/css@latest --save-dev
$ npm install @eslint/css@latest --save-dev

I'm getting this error after executing the last command:

C:\Users\dhtzs\Desktop\eslint-css>npm install @eslint/css@latest
npm error Cannot destructure property 'package' of 'node.target' as it is null.
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\dhtzs\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2025-02-20T23_01_16_577Z-debug-0.log

[nzakas]

You should report that to npm. There's nothing special about this package.

[MikeMcC399]

@nzakas

You should report that to npm.

• There does appear to be a related old PR fix(arborist): node.target can be null npm/cli#7065

There's nothing special about this package.

• The use of

  css/package.json

  Line 91 in 5a2b061

  "@types/css-tree": "file:./typings/css-tree",

  is not common.
• Its use is related to the problem described in Bug: pnpm install fails ERR_PNPM_LINKED_PKG_DIR_NOT_FOUND #56 and Bug: Yarn v1 Classic install fails non-existing file /typings/css-tree #58 as well.

[MikeMcC399]

I have submitted an issue to npm:

• [BUG] "Cannot destructure property 'package' of 'node.target' as it is null" (@eslint/css) npm/cli#8126

[dhtzs]

Thanks for creating the issue @MikeMcC399