another attempt to work around npm and ^ problem - refs…

another attempt to work around npm and ^ problem - refs https://github.com/npm/fstream/commit/f96c1b338148439e73f7e70ffbdc37e2759dfc68

.travis.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ matrix:
       os: osx
 
 before_install:
-# work around old npm problem with ^
-- if [[ "${NODE_VERSION}" == '0.8' ]]; then npm install npm -g; fi
 # check if tag exists and matches package.json
 - scripts/validate_tag.sh
 

appveyor.yml

@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ install:
   - SET PATH=%APPDATA%\npm;%PATH%
   # add local node-pre-gyp dir to path
   - SET PATH=node_modules\.bin;%PATH%
-  # upgrade node-gyp and npm to work around bugs
-  - if "%nodejs_version%" == "0.8.28" npm install node-gyp
-  - if "%nodejs_version%" == "0.8.28" npm install npm -g
+  # upgrade node-gyp to support --msvs_version=2013
+  - npm install node-gyp
+  # # work around old npm problem with ^
+  - npm install npm -g
+  - npm --version
   - npm install --build-from-source  --msvs_version=2013
   - npm test
   - node-pre-gyp package

scripts/build_against_node.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ nvm use $NODE_VERSION
 set -u
 node --version
 npm --version
+# work around old npm problem with ^
+npm install npm -g
+npm --version
 
 # test installing from source
 npm install --build-from-source

scripts/build_against_node_webkit.sh

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ nvm install 0.10
 set -u
 node --version
 npm --version
+# work around old npm problem with ^
+npm install npm -g
+npm --version
 
 npm install nw-gyp