corrupted dependencies on windows?

[soryy708]

When I:

1. Clone this repository on a Windows machine
2. npm i (successfully)
3. npm i again (as-is or trying to install a new dependency)

It fails with:

PS C:\Users\USER\Documents\Software Engineering\Personal\eslint-plugin-import> npm i
npm ERR! Invalid Version:

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-08-21T19_33_20_132Z-debug-0.log

The log file it mentions contains:

0 verbose cli E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
1 info using npm@10.2.4
2 info using node@v20.11.1
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 2ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 2ms
5 timing config:load:file:E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc Completed in 3ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 4ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 0ms
9 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\USER\Documents\Software Engineering\Personal\eslint-plugin-import\.npmrc Completed in 1ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 3ms
11 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\USER\.npmrc Completed in 0ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 0ms
13 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc Completed in 1ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 1ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 1ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 12ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 12ms
18 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 2ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 0ms
20 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
21 verbose title npm i
22 verbose argv "i"
23 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 1ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-08-21T19_33_20_132Z-
26 verbose logfile C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-08-21T19_33_20_132Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 8ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 50ms
31 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 1ms
32 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 2 files
33 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
34 silly logfile done cleaning log files
35 verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json missing from lockfile: resolvers/webpack/node_modules/resolve
36 verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json missing from lockfile: resolvers/webpack/node_modules/resolve
37 timing idealTree:init Completed in 2093ms
38 timing idealTree:userRequests Completed in 0ms
39 silly idealTree buildDeps
40 timing idealTree:#root Completed in 1ms
41 timing idealTree:resolvers/node Completed in 0ms
42 silly fetch manifest webpack@https://gist.github.com/ljharb/9cdb687f3806f8e6cb8a365d0b7840eb
43 silly placeDep ROOT webpack@0.0.0 REPLACE for: eslint-import-resolver-webpack@0.13.8 want: https://gist.github.com/ljharb/9cdb687f3806f8e6cb8a365d0b7840eb
44 timing idealTree Completed in 3749ms
45 timing command:i Completed in 3760ms
46 verbose stack TypeError: Invalid Version: 
46 verbose stack     at new SemVer (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\semver\classes\semver.js:38:13)
46 verbose stack     at compare (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\semver\functions\compare.js:3:32)
46 verbose stack     at Object.gte (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\semver\functions\gte.js:2:30)
46 verbose stack     at Node.canDedupe (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\node.js:1079:32)
46 verbose stack     at PlaceDep.pruneDedupable (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\place-dep.js:426:14)
46 verbose stack     at new PlaceDep (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\place-dep.js:278:14)
46 verbose stack     at #buildDepStep (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:933:18)
46 verbose stack     at async Arborist.buildIdealTree (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:196:7)
46 verbose stack     at async Promise.all (index 1)
46 verbose stack     at async Arborist.reify (E:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\reify.js:159:5)
47 verbose cwd C:\Users\USER\Documents\Software Engineering\Personal\eslint-plugin-import
48 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.22631
49 verbose node v20.11.1
50 verbose npm  v10.2.4
51 error Invalid Version: 
52 verbose exit 1
53 timing npm Completed in 4180ms
54 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1724268800553
55 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:loadTrees 1724268800559
56 verbose unfinished npm timer idealTree:buildDeps 1724268802654
57 verbose unfinished npm timer idealTree:resolvers/webpack 1724268802657
58 verbose code 1
59 error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-08-21T19_33_20_132Z-debug-0.log

Looks like we're getting an exception from semver for some reason.