[MacPorts] #61214: npm6: nodejs dep on older systems

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#61214: npm6: nodejs dep on older systems
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 Reporter:  iefdev  |      Owner:  ci42
     Type:  defect  |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
Component:  ports   |    Version:  2.6.3
 Keywords:          |       Port:  npm6, nodejs14
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 I have a question about the `depends_lib` in `npm6`.

 {{{
 #!tcl
 platform darwin {
     if {${os.major} < 13} {
         depends_lib-replace path:bin/node:nodejs14 path:bin/node:nodejs8
     }
 }
 }}}

 I've had NodeJS installed via the pkg from their site – which has worked
 fine for me on Lion. Current is node 14.12 + npm 6.14.

 So, when moving over to the MP versions, I was a little surprised when
 `npm6` wanted to give me `nodejs8` instead.

 `nodejs14` installed fine for me:

 {{{
 #!bash
 $ port -v installed nodejs14
 The following ports are currently installed:
   nodejs14 @14.12.0_0 (active) platform='darwin 11' archs='x86_64'
 date='2020-09-23T06:31:18+0200'
 }}}

 And since the dep in `npm6` is: `path:bin/node: ...` – it installed fine
 after that.

 \\

 What's the reason behind the `nodejs8` requirement? …or perhaps it was a
 time when newer versions of nodejs didn't build earlier?

 Also, `nodejs{8,14}` are conflicts to each other, so it's difficult to get
 `nodejs14` if I installed `npm6` first.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61214>
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