Stop depending on dtrace provider

[domenic]

We were using this package great on Windows and Linux in the 0.10 timeframe; now we can't install it.

[trentm]

What does an 'npm install' look like (can you quote the shell session)? Crazily I don't have access to a Linux or Windows box handy right now.

[domenic]

Crazily I don't have a working copy of node-gyp handy right now O_o. Will get you some logs when I get home. It's possible I was assuming the problem was dtrace-provider when really it's any native module on my systems.

[trentm]

Thanks. My understanding is that node-dtrace-provider properly stubs out for non-dtrace'ing platforms and will install on Linux and Windows. So I'd first like to make sure that isn't the problem.

Orthogonal to that: Make dtrace-provider a required dep was an intentional decision to not have Bunyan dtrace support silently NOT work for a user. If dtrace-provider were an "optionalDependency" then an "npm install" failure for it would be silent. "bunyan.js" will work without dtrace-provider, it just won't have the dtrace support. I'm not entirely happy with the current state because having Bunyan install depend on a binary module with a complex-enough build that it is much less reliable.... sucks. This is far from the first ticket bringing up dtrace-provider install issues hitting Bunyan.

[domenic]

Yup, sorry, false alarm.

[matthiasg]

this is still an issue when you want to install bunyan as a tool on a machine without a compiler (read all windows servers in production). The way it is now, we have to install it on a dev machine and then copy it over ... not quite ideal.

[trentm]

@matthiasg I've opened issue #66 for this. I'll look into seeing if I can get dtrace-provider to not bork if the deps for binary modules aren't available.

[matthiasg]

Sounds good ! Thanks.

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From: Trent Mick
Sent: 18.01.2013 20:03
To: trentm/node-bunyan
Cc: Matthias Götzke
Subject: Re: [node-bunyan] Stop depending on dtrace provider (#60)

@matthiasghttps://github.com/matthiasg I've opened issue #66#66 for this. I'll look into seeing if I can get dtrace-provider to not bork if the deps for binary modules aren't available.

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[mbana]

has this been fixed?

[Floby]

nope.

[bruce-lindsay]

I found this to be helpful after being stuck on this problem for a bit.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/bunyan-sfdx-no-dtrace