ng update error: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND

Versions

Angular CLI: 1.7.0
Node: 8.9.3   
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 5.2.1
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms        
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

@angular/cdk: 5.1.0                                                           
@angular/cli: 1.7.0
@angular/material: 5.1.0                                                     
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.3.1                                   
@angular-devkit/core: 0.3.1                                                      
@angular-devkit/schematics: 0.3.1
@ngtools/json-schema: 1.2.0
@ngtools/webpack: 1.10.0
@schematics/angular: 0.3.1
@schematics/package-update: 0.3.1
typescript: 2.5.3
webpack: 3.11.0

Repro steps

• Step 1 run ng update

Observed behavior

following error is thrown

events.js:183
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND registry.npmjs.org registry.npmjs.org:80
    at errnoException (dns.js:50:10)
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:92:26)

Desired behavior

It should properly update the dependencies

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Running this behind a corporate proxy. Does ng update take that into consideration?

[ayush987goyal]

The issue still persists with v^6.0.0

With the latest release of Angular, we are in desperate need of ng update to work in our environments. Can this issue be addressed on priority?

[hansl]

The flag should be on the update function itself 😃 We contact the npm registry directly, not passing through npm API, so there’s nowhere you can set that proxy right now.