Can't build Cygwin and Windows 10 without --force

[jrgleason]

I am trying to build and getting....

$ grunt package
Running "shell:npm-install" (shell) task
Warning: EINVAL, invalid argument Use --force to continue.

Aborted due to warnings.

Going to try and troubleshoot

grunt-cli v0.1.13
grunt v0.4.5

[jrgleason]

In addition when I do use --force I get the following...

 >> build/angular-message-format.js minified into build/angular-message-format.min.js
build\angular.js:4437: WARNING - Throw expression is not a minErr instance.
      throw err;
      ^

build\angular.js:10656: WARNING - Throw expression is not a minErr instance.
        throw e;
        ^

build\angular.js:12125: WARNING - Throw expression is not a minErr instance.
    throw e;
    ^

build\angular.js:15989: WARNING - Throw expression is not a minErr instance.
        throw e;
        ^

0 error(s), 4 warning(s)
>> build/angular.js minified into build/angular.min.js

But it does in fact finish

[jrgleason]

Could it be related to this line in the gruntfile...

"npm-install": {
    command: path.normalize('scripts/npm/install-dependencies.sh')
  },

And the fact that I am on windows w/ cygwin (aka paths getting hosed)?

[lgalfaso]

I do not have access to this environment, but if you can figure this out and create a clean PR, I see no problem in merging it

[Narretz]

I think this is is only half the solution. You'll probably run into #11143 after this is fixed

[Narretz]

Actually, the path.normalize should handle different platform file paths, so it's probably a different problem. Can you run the command --verbose?

[gkalpak]

shell:npm-install has been re-implemented as part of #12792.
@jrgleason, can you test if your issues are still there with the code currently on master ?

[gkalpak]

Closing since the part that was causing issues has been re-implemented and there hasn't been any response for over a month. Feel free to re-open, if you are still facing this problem.