node-gyp crashes on OS X 10.11, but only when run from emacs

[tomjakubowski]

Well this is a real head-scratcher…

I recently upgraded to node-gyp v3.3.1 and node v6.1.0. Since then, I can run node-gyp list or node-gyp build without issue from zsh in iTerm2, but if I run it from inside emacs (whether from eshell-mode, shell-mode, or simply compilation-mode) I see an abort:

% node-gyp list
node-gyp list
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.3.1
gyp info using node@6.1.0 | darwin | x64
zsh: abort      node-gyp list

The following commands all abort this way: build, clean, configure, rebuild, install, list, remove. node-gyp --version and node-gyp --help do not abort.

Here's a backtrace:

(lldb) bt
bt
* thread #1: tid = 0x411452, 0x00007fff980cbf06 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__pthread_kill + 10, name = 'node-gyp', queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGABRT
    frame #0: 0x00007fff980cbf06 libsystem_kernel.dylib`__pthread_kill + 10
    frame #1: 0x00007fff8b0ee4ec libsystem_pthread.dylib`pthread_kill + 90
    frame #2: 0x00007fff9fb896e7 libsystem_c.dylib`abort + 129
    frame #3: 0x000000010071770d node`uv_thread_create + 237
    frame #4: 0x000000010070b1da node`init_once + 266
    frame #5: 0x00007fff8b0ebbf6 libsystem_pthread.dylib`__pthread_once_handler + 65
    frame #6: 0x00007fff9e47afc4 libsystem_platform.dylib`_os_once + 41
    frame #7: 0x00007fff8b0ebb95 libsystem_pthread.dylib`pthread_once + 57
    frame #8: 0x0000000100717904 node`uv_once + 9
    frame #9: 0x000000010070b0b4 node`uv__work_submit + 42
  * frame #10: 0x000000010071032e node`uv_fs_scandir + 239
    frame #11: 0x00000001005faf01 node`node::ReadDir(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&) + 532
    frame #12: 0x00000001001742fb node`v8::internal::FunctionCallbackArguments::Call(void (*)(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&)) + 371
    frame #13: 0x000000010019e5f2 node`v8::internal::MaybeHandle<v8::internal::Object> v8::internal::(anonymous namespace)::HandleApiCallHelper<false>(v8::internal::Isolate*, v8::internal::(anonymous namespace)::BuiltinArguments<(v8::internal::BuiltinExtraArguments)1>) + 992
    frame #14: 0x00000001001ac256 node`v8::internal::Builtin_HandleApiCall(int, v8::internal::Object**, v8::internal::Isolate*) + 105
    frame #15: 0x00002e8ce430961b
    frame #16: 0x00002e8ce44a599a
    frame #17: 0x00002e8ce430d157
    frame #18: 0x00002e8ce44a54ba
    frame #19: 0x00002e8ce430d157
    frame #20: 0x00002e8ce44a53b2
    frame #21: 0x00002e8ce44a515f
    frame #22: 0x00002e8ce44a41e0
    frame #23: 0x00002e8ce44a4069
    frame #24: 0x00002e8ce4443955
    frame #25: 0x00002e8ce4442884
    frame #26: 0x00002e8ce443b3ab
    frame #27: 0x00002e8ce4439db2
    frame #28: 0x00002e8ce44398dd
    frame #29: 0x00002e8ce4435522
    frame #30: 0x00002e8ce4434fea
    frame #31: 0x00002e8ce43408a2
    frame #32: 0x00002e8ce433e4f2
    frame #33: 0x00002e8ce4337f84
    frame #34: 0x00002e8ce4322922
    frame #35: 0x0000000100336bc0 node`v8::internal::(anonymous namespace)::Invoke(v8::internal::Isolate*, bool, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, int, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>*, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>) + 406
    frame #36: 0x000000010033695b node`v8::internal::Execution::Call(v8::internal::Isolate*, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, int, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>*) + 459
    frame #37: 0x000000010015d669 node`v8::Function::Call(v8::Local<v8::Context>, v8::Local<v8::Value>, int, v8::Local<v8::Value>*) + 417
    frame #38: 0x00000001005df9b7 node`node::LoadEnvironment(node::Environment*) + 625
    frame #39: 0x00000001005e0f3e node`node::Start(int, char**) + 517
    frame #40: 0x0000000100001f34 node`start + 52

[tomjakubowski]

And with verbose logging:

% node-gyp list --verbose
node-gyp list --verbose
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [ '/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/bin/node',
gyp verb cli   '/Users/tjakubowski/.local/bin/node-gyp',
gyp verb cli   'list',
gyp verb cli   '--verbose' ]
gyp info using node-gyp@3.3.1
gyp info using node@6.1.0 | darwin | x64
gyp verb command list []
gyp verb list using node-gyp dir: /Users/tjakubowski/.node-gyp
zsh: abort      node-gyp list --verbose

[tomjakubowski]

Aha, not just a node-gyp issue. node by itself crashes in a similar way. Filing over there!