[CI] Install node.js 8.x flaky step

[timotheecour]

I've encountered this a few times already
example:
https://dev.azure.com/nim-lang/Nim/_build/results?buildId=2806&view=logs&jobId=a0440cd6-2060-5545-8b53-639e777de0c6&j=a0440cd6-2060-5545-8b53-639e777de0c6&t=3a9621cd-7d4e-5bb0-bcbd-e24390a180e8

Example

• for packages OSX_amd64_cpp in new: typetraits.getTypeId #13305
• and then after restarting CI happened again but this time for Windows_amd64_pkg: https://dev.azure.com/nim-lang/Nim/_build/results?buildId=2807&view=logs&jobId=f6c2f757-7152-5b00-b42b-aaebf1a063dd&j=f6c2f757-7152-5b00-b42b-aaebf1a063dd&t=6c4f6d65-82fc-5149-e4b2-e3852d9699f3

2020-02-24T03:14:06.1047600Z ##[section]Starting: Install node.js 8.x
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1057800Z ==============================================================================
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1058270Z Task         : Node.js tool installer
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1058730Z Description  : Finds or downloads and caches the specified version spec of Node.js and adds it to the PATH
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1059170Z Version      : 0.160.0
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1059460Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1059880Z Help         : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/node-js
2020-02-24T03:14:06.1060350Z ==============================================================================
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3224040Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3225120Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3225980Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3226730Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3227830Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.3229220Z (node:816) Warning: Use Cipheriv for counter mode of aes-256-ctr
2020-02-24T03:14:06.4237670Z Downloading: https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.17.0/node-v8.17.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz
2020-02-24T03:15:19.1448340Z Extracting archive
2020-02-24T03:15:19.1701960Z [command]/usr/bin/tar xzC /Users/runner/runners/2.165.0/work/_temp/6966d1b1-6cd2-4d50-af37-1ea80e85db3a -f /Users/runner/runners/2.165.0/work/_temp/b01f0c58-f3d2-4011-95b8-13349707640d
2020-02-24T03:15:19.2960400Z node-v8.17.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/uid-number/uid-number.js: (Empty error message)
2020-02-24T03:15:19.3086320Z tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
2020-02-24T03:15:19.3216120Z ##[error]/usr/bin/tar failed with return code: 1
2020-02-24T03:15:19.3233510Z ##[section]Finishing: Install node.js 8.x

[Araq]

Come on, I doubt we can fix this. We live in a work of shaky CIs and there is no cure.

[timotheecour]

I don't mind if you close this particular issue as wontfix but the point of this issue is to have a single place to track this down; whether there's an easy fix/workaround or not I don't know yet

[timotheecour]

• Node.js Tool Installer task is documented here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/node-js?view=azure-devops
• this bug is reported here: [NodeTool] tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks#12270