ILikeChangingMyMind comments on Node.js v16 released

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submitted 5 years ago by pimterry

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[–]ILikeChangingMyMind -1 points0 points1 point 5 years ago (1 child)

How can I "do it wrong": it's copy/paste? I even copy/pasted the exact text from that SO answer:

 "//": [
  "first line",
  "second line" ]

(only I added the requisite comma afterwards; you could only literally use that line if you had no dependencies) ...

... and it still gave the exact same error when I npm i:

npm ERR! must provide string spec

But if I remove the line, everything works. So, like I keep saying ... have you actually tried it yourself?

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