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Buffer.from usage in bootcode causes failure on Node 5

See original GitHub issue

bootcode.js uses Buffer.from, but engines in package.json is set to >= 4.

Supposedly Buffer.from API was added in Node 6.

We got this error in a Jenkins job…

TypeError: this is not a typed array.
    at Function.from (native)
    at module.exports (/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/snip/workspace/node_modules/postman-sandbox/.cache/bootcode.js:1:105)
    at cacher (/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/snip/workspace/node_modules/postman-sandbox/lib/bootcode.js:32:5)
    at Object.module.exports.createContext (/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/snip/workspace/node_modules/postman-sandbox/lib/index.js:108:9)

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Created 7 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:9 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

kunagpalcommented, Jan 6, 2017

@brendo @thirstyfish @itsjamie This issue has been fixed in Newman v3.4.1, do go ahead and check it out!

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shamasiscommented, Jan 6, 2017

The fix isn’t ready. Releasing a patch today.

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