Support newer versions of nodejs?

[wanelo-pair]

With version 7.5 of nodejs on SmartOS, we are running:

> cd /opt
> sudo git clone https://github.com/postwait/vippy
> cd vippy/
> sudo npm install

And we're getting a crazy long error message that looks like this:

> [email protected] install /opt/vippy/node_modules/ife
> node-gyp rebuild

gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/root/.node-gyp/7.5.0"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp"
make: Entering directory '/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/IFEBinding/IFE.o
In file included from ../IFE.cc:12:0:
../IFEheader.h:29:48: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> New(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                                ^
../IFEheader.h:30:49: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> list(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                                 ^
../IFEheader.h:31:47: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> up(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                               ^
../IFEheader.h:32:49: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> down(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                                 ^
../IFEheader.h:33:52: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> gratarp(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                                    ^
../IFEheader.h:34:53: error: 'Arguments' in namespace 'v8' does not name a type
     static v8::Handle<v8::Value> arpcache(const v8::Arguments& args);
                                                     ^
In file included from ../IFEheader.h:4:0,
                 from ../IFE.cc:12:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/node_object_wrap.h: In member function 'void node::IFE::emit(v8::Local<v8::Value>*, int)':
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/node_object_wrap.h:106:30: error: 'v8::Persistent<v8::Object> node::ObjectWrap::handle_' is private
   v8::Persistent<v8::Object> handle_;
                              ^
../IFE.cc:27:29: error: within this context
       Local<Value> emit_v = handle_->Get(emit_symbol);
                             ^
../IFE.cc:27:36: error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'v8::Persistent<v8::Object>'
       Local<Value> emit_v = handle_->Get(emit_symbol);
                                    ^
../IFE.cc:30:18: warning: 'v8::TryCatch::TryCatch()' is deprecated (declared at /opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:7015): Use isolate version [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
         TryCatch tc;
                  ^
In file included from ../IFEheader.h:4:0,
                 from ../IFE.cc:12:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/node_object_wrap.h:106:30: error: 'v8::Persistent<v8::Object> node::ObjectWrap::handle_' is private
   v8::Persistent<v8::Object> handle_;
                              ^
../IFE.cc:31:20: error: within this context
         emit->Call(handle_, nargs, args);
                    ^
../IFE.cc:31:40: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::Function::Call(v8::Persistent<v8::Object>&, int&, v8::Local<v8::Value>*&)'
         emit->Call(handle_, nargs, args);
                                        ^
../IFE.cc:31:40: note: candidates are:
In file included from /opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:26:0,
                 from ../IFE.cc:6:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3299:34: note: v8::Local<v8::Value> v8::Function::Call(v8::Local<v8::Value>, int, v8::Local<v8::Value>*)
                     Local<Value> Call(Local<Value> recv, int argc,
                                  ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:48: note: in definition of macro 'V8_DEPRECATE_SOON'
 #define V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(message, declarator) declarator
                                                ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3299:34: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'v8::Persistent<v8::Object>' to 'v8::Local<v8::Value>'
                     Local<Value> Call(Local<Value> recv, int argc,
                                  ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8config.h:351:48: note: in definition of macro 'V8_DEPRECATE_SOON'
 #define V8_DEPRECATE_SOON(message, declarator) declarator
                                                ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3301:43: note: v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Value> v8::Function::Call(v8::Local<v8::Context>, v8::Local<v8::Value>, int, v8::Local<v8::Value>*)
   V8_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT MaybeLocal<Value> Call(Local<Context> context,
                                           ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3301:43: note:   candidate expects 4 arguments, 3 provided
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h: In static member function 'static void node::IFE::Initialize(v8::Handle<v8::Object>)':
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:882:13: error: 'v8::HandleScope::HandleScope()' is protected
   V8_INLINE HandleScope() {}
             ^
../IFE.cc:40:17: error: within this context
     HandleScope scope;
                 ^
../IFE.cc:42:63: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::FunctionTemplate::New(v8::Handle<v8::Value> (&)(const int&))'
     Local<FunctionTemplate> t = FunctionTemplate::New(IFE::New);
                                                               ^
../IFE.cc:42:63: note: candidate is:
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:4510:34: note: static v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> v8::FunctionTemplate::New(v8::Isolate*, v8::FunctionCallback, v8::Local<v8::Value>, v8::Local<v8::Signature>, int, v8::ConstructorBehavior)
   static Local<FunctionTemplate> New(
                                  ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:4510:34: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from 'v8::Handle<v8::Value>(const int&) {aka v8::Local<v8::Value>(const int&)}' to 'v8::Isolate*'
../IFE.cc:43:63: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>::New(v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>&)'
     constructor_template = Persistent<FunctionTemplate>::New(t);
                                                               ^
../IFE.cc:43:63: note: candidate is:
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:7821:4: note: static T* v8::PersistentBase<T>::New(v8::Isolate*, T*) [with T = v8::FunctionTemplate]
 T* PersistentBase<T>::New(Isolate* isolate, T* that) {
    ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:7821:4: note:   candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
../IFE.cc:44:25: error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     constructor_template->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
                         ^
../IFE.cc:45:25: error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     constructor_template->SetClassName(String::NewSymbol("IFE"));
                         ^
../IFE.cc:45:40: error: 'NewSymbol' is not a member of 'v8::String'
     constructor_template->SetClassName(String::NewSymbol("IFE"));
                                        ^
../IFE.cc:47:70: error: could not convert 'node::IFE::constructor_template' from 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>' to 'v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "list", IFE::list);
                                                                      ^
../IFE.cc:48:66: error: could not convert 'node::IFE::constructor_template' from 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>' to 'v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "up", IFE::up);
                                                                  ^
../IFE.cc:49:70: error: could not convert 'node::IFE::constructor_template' from 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>' to 'v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "down", IFE::down);
                                                                      ^
../IFE.cc:50:76: error: could not convert 'node::IFE::constructor_template' from 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>' to 'v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "gratarp", IFE::gratarp);
                                                                            ^
../IFE.cc:51:78: error: could not convert 'node::IFE::constructor_template' from 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>' to 'v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "arpcache", IFE::arpcache);
                                                                              ^
../IFE.cc:53:38: error: 'NODE_PSYMBOL' was not declared in this scope
     emit_symbol = NODE_PSYMBOL("emit");
                                      ^
../IFE.cc:54:17: error: 'NewSymbol' is not a member of 'v8::String'
     target->Set(String::NewSymbol("IFE"), constructor_template->GetFunction());
                 ^
../IFE.cc:54:63: error: base operand of '->' has non-pointer type 'v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate>'
     target->Set(String::NewSymbol("IFE"), constructor_template->GetFunction());
                                                               ^
../IFE.cc: At global scope:
../IFE.cc:57:32: error: 'Arguments' does not name a type
   Handle<Value> IFE::New(const Arguments& args) {
                                ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h: In static member function 'static v8::Handle<v8::Value> node::IFE::New(const int&)':
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:882:13: error: 'v8::HandleScope::HandleScope()' is protected
   V8_INLINE HandleScope() {}
             ^
../IFE.cc:58:17: error: within this context
     HandleScope scope;
                 ^
../IFE.cc:61:18: error: request for member 'This' in 'args', which is of non-class type 'const int'
     p->Wrap(args.This());
                  ^
../IFE.cc:62:38: error: 'class v8::HandleScope' has no member named 'Close'
     if(if_initialize()) return scope.Close(Undefined());
                                      ^
../IFE.cc:62:54: error: too few arguments to function 'v8::Local<v8::Primitive> v8::Undefined(v8::Isolate*)'
     if(if_initialize()) return scope.Close(Undefined());
                                                      ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:325:27: note: declared here
   friend Local<Primitive> Undefined(Isolate* isolate);
                           ^
../IFE.cc:64:14: error: request for member 'Length' in 'args', which is of non-class type 'const int'
     if (args.Length() != 0) {
              ^
../IFE.cc:65:46: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
       return ThrowException(Exception::Error(String::New(
                                              ^
../IFE.cc:66:35: error: 'ThrowException' was not declared in this scope
         "Must have no arguments")));
                                   ^
../IFE.cc:69:17: error: request for member 'This' in 'args', which is of non-class type 'const int'
     return args.This();
                 ^
../IFE.cc: At global scope:
../IFE.cc:72:37: error: 'Arguments' does not name a type
   Handle<Value> IFE::arpcache(const Arguments& args) {
                                     ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h: In static member function 'static v8::Handle<v8::Value> node::IFE::arpcache(const int&)':
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:882:13: error: 'v8::HandleScope::HandleScope()' is protected
   V8_INLINE HandleScope() {}
             ^
../IFE.cc:73:17: error: within this context
     HandleScope scope;
                 ^
../IFE.cc:79:20: error: 'class v8::HandleScope' has no member named 'Close'
       return scope.Close(Undefined());
                    ^
../IFE.cc:79:36: error: too few arguments to function 'v8::Local<v8::Primitive> v8::Undefined(v8::Isolate*)'
       return scope.Close(Undefined());
                                    ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:325:27: note: declared here
   friend Local<Primitive> Undefined(Isolate* isolate);
                           ^
../IFE.cc:80:38: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::Object::New()'
     Handle<Object> obj = Object::New();
                                      ^
../IFE.cc:80:38: note: candidate is:
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3030:24: note: static v8::Local<v8::Object> v8::Object::New(v8::Isolate*)
   static Local<Object> New(Isolate* isolate);
                        ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3030:24: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 0 provided
../IFE.cc:84:69: error: 'inet_ntop' was not declared in this scope
       if(inet_ntop(AF_INET, &entries[i].ipaddr, ipstr, sizeof(ipstr)) != NULL) {
                                                                     ^
../IFE.cc:88:18: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
         obj->Set(String::New(ipstr), String::New(mac));
                  ^
../IFE.cc:88:38: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
         obj->Set(String::New(ipstr), String::New(mac));
                                      ^
../IFE.cc:91:18: error: 'class v8::HandleScope' has no member named 'Close'
     return scope.Close(obj);
                  ^
../IFE.cc: At global scope:
../IFE.cc:94:33: error: 'Arguments' does not name a type
   Handle<Value> IFE::list(const Arguments& args) {
                                 ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h: In static member function 'static v8::Handle<v8::Value> node::IFE::list(const int&)':
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:882:13: error: 'v8::HandleScope::HandleScope()' is protected
   V8_INLINE HandleScope() {}
             ^
../IFE.cc:97:17: error: within this context
     HandleScope scope;
                 ^
../IFE.cc:101:39: error: invalid conversion from 'int' to 'v8::Isolate*' [-fpermissive]
     Handle<Array> obj = Array::New(cnt);
                                       ^
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3063:23: note: initializing argument 1 of 'static v8::Local<v8::Array> v8::Array::New(v8::Isolate*, int)'
   static Local<Array> New(Isolate* isolate, int length = 0);
                       ^
../IFE.cc:104:42: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::Object::New()'
       Handle<Object> iface = Object::New();
                                          ^
../IFE.cc:104:42: note: candidate is:
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3030:24: note: static v8::Local<v8::Object> v8::Object::New(v8::Isolate*)
   static Local<Object> New(Isolate* isolate);
                        ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:3030:24: note:   candidate expects 1 argument, 0 provided
../IFE.cc:105:18: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
       iface->Set(String::New("name"), String::New(ifs[i].ifname));
                  ^
../IFE.cc:105:39: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
       iface->Set(String::New("name"), String::New(ifs[i].ifname));
                                       ^
../IFE.cc:111:57: error: 'inet_ntop' was not declared in this scope
   inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &ifs[i].attr, ipstr, sizeof(ipstr)); \
                                                         ^
../IFE.cc:116:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV6'
         SET_IPV6(ip6addr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:112:14: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
              ^
../IFE.cc:116:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV6'
         SET_IPV6(ip6addr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:112:33: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
                                 ^
../IFE.cc:116:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV6'
         SET_IPV6(ip6addr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:118:20: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
         iface->Set(String::New("prefixlen"), Integer::New(len));
                    ^
../IFE.cc:118:62: error: no matching function for call to 'v8::Integer::New(int&)'
         iface->Set(String::New("prefixlen"), Integer::New(len));
                                                              ^
../IFE.cc:118:62: note: candidate is:
In file included from ../IFE.cc:6:0:
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:2541:25: note: static v8::Local<v8::Integer> v8::Integer::New(v8::Isolate*, int32_t)
   static Local<Integer> New(Isolate* isolate, int32_t value);
                         ^
/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/.node-gyp/7.5.0/include/node/v8.h:2541:25: note:   candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
../IFE.cc:107:56: error: 'inet_ntop' was not declared in this scope
   inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ifs[i].attr, ipstr, sizeof(ipstr)); \
                                                        ^
../IFE.cc:120:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(ipaddr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:108:14: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
              ^
../IFE.cc:120:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(ipaddr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:108:33: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
                                 ^
../IFE.cc:120:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(ipaddr, "ip");
         ^
../IFE.cc:107:56: error: 'inet_ntop' was not declared in this scope
   inet_ntop(AF_INET, &ifs[i].attr, ipstr, sizeof(ipstr)); \
                                                        ^
../IFE.cc:121:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(bcast, "broadcast");
         ^
../IFE.cc:108:14: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
              ^
../IFE.cc:121:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(bcast, "broadcast");
         ^
../IFE.cc:108:33: error: 'New' is not a member of 'v8::String'
   iface->Set(String::New(name), String::New(ipstr)); \
                                 ^
../IFE.cc:121:9: note: in expansion of macro 'SET_IPV4'
         SET_IPV4(bcast, "broadcast");
         ^
../IFE.cc:107:56: error: 'inet_ntop' was not declared in this scope
IFEBinding.target.mk:95: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/IFEBinding/IFE.o' failed
make: *** [Release/obj.target/IFEBinding/IFE.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/opt/vippy/node_modules/ife/build'
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:192:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
gyp ERR! System SunOS 5.11
gyp ERR! command "/opt/local/bin/node" "/opt/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /opt/vippy/node_modules/ife
gyp ERR! node -v v7.5.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.5.0
gyp ERR! not ok
[email protected] /opt/vippy
└─┬ [email protected]
  └── [email protected]

npm WARN [email protected] No license field.
npm ERR! SunOS 5.11
npm ERR! argv "/opt/local/bin/node" "/opt/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v7.5.0
npm ERR! npm  v4.1.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the ife package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs ife
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls ife
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /opt/vippy/npm-debug.log

We can succesfully install it using a 0.10 version of node, but we're wondering if there are plans to support newer versions of node (or if we're just doing something stupid).

Thanks!

[postwait]

I don't have the bandwidth to port this up to the latest Node API. PRs welcome. none of the "ife" sub code should have to change as it is all pure C and those backing APIs are stable. It's just the node interface in IFE.cc.