{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/6240","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/6240/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/6240/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/6240/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6240","id":148800325,"number":6240,"title":"Installing fsevents fails due to EBADPLATFORM: darwin??? on a Linux system","user":{"login":"Drakonas","id":438380,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/438380?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas","html_url":"https://github.com/Drakonas","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Drakonas/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-04-16T00:43:53Z","updated_at":"2016-04-16T00:43:53Z","closed_at":null,"body":"<!--\r\nThanks for wanting to report an issue you've found in Node.js. Please fill in\r\nthe template below by replacing the html comments with an appropriate answer.\r\nIf unsure about something, just do as best as you're able.\r\n\r\nversion: v5.10.1\r\nplatform:  Linux vanilla.whatbox.ca 3.15.2-hardened-whatbox #1 SMP Wed Jul 2 05:37:50 UTC 2014 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux\r\nsubsystem:  fsevents@1.0.11\r\n\r\nIt will be much easier for us to fix the issue if a test case that reproduces\r\nthe problem is provided. Ideally this test case should not have any external\r\ndependencies. We understand that it is not always possible to reduce your code\r\nto a small test case, but we would appreciate to have as\r\nmuch data as possible.\r\n\r\nThank you!\r\n-->\r\n\r\n* **Version**: v5.10.1\r\n* **Platform**: Linux vanilla.whatbox.ca 3.15.2-hardened-whatbox #1 SMP Wed Jul 2 05:37:50 UTC 2014 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5620 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux\r\n* **Subsystem**: fsevents@1.0.11\r\n\r\n<!-- Enter your issue details below this comment. -->\r\n\r\nFresh install of node into a user folder (not system-wide as I do not have root access), and it fails to install the fsevents optional dependency during install, and attempting to install it myself causes this to happen...\r\n\r\n[Screenie-4-15-16](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3907397/img/kitty_2016-04-15_20-31-28.png)\r\n\r\nUmm.. If I am reading this correctly it is attempting to install a darwin build on a linux platform... lol."}}