error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1

[jatifjr]

Weird things happened after installing node then installing uv

jatifjr@mac ~ % rm -rf ~/.local/*
zsh: sure you want to delete all 6 files in /Users/jatifjr/.local [yn]? y

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm i node
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/c_rehash
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/openssl
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/npx
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/node
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/makeconv
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/gencnval
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/icu-config
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/gencfu
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/icuinfo
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/gendict
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/genrb
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/icuexportdata
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pkgdata
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/genbrk
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/derb
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/uconv
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/gennorm2
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/escapesrc
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/gensprep
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/icupkg
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/gencmn
/Users/jatifjr/.local/sbin/genccode

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm list
~/.local/pkgs/npmjs.com/v11.16.0
~/.local/pkgs/nodejs.org/v26.3.0
~/.local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
~/.local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.2
~/.local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2026.5.14
~/.local/pkgs/unicode.org/v73.2.0

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm outdated

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm update node
no packages specified

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm update node@26
no packages specified

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm i uv
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/c_rehash
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/openssl
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pkg-config
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzip2recover
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzmore
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzgrep
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzdiff
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bunzip2
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzcat
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/bzip2
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/lz4
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xmlwf
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/lzmainfo
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xzdec
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xz
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xzless
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/lzmadec
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xzmore
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xzgrep
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/xzdiff
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pzstd
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/zstdless
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/zstdgrep
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/zstd
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/png-fix-itxt
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/libpng16-config
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pngfix
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/git2
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tabs
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/toe
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tset
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/clear
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/ncursesw6-config
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tic
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/infocmp
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tput
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/sqlite3
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/page
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/wish8.6
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tclsh8.6
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/tcldocstrip
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pt
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/critcl
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/mkdoc
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/nnslog
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/nnsd
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/dtplite
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/nns
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/uvx
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/uv
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/python3.14-config
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/pydoc3.14
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/idle3.14
/Users/jatifjr/.local/bin/python3.14

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm list
~/.local/pkgs/libpng.org/v1.6.58
~/.local/pkgs/tcl-lang.org/v8.6.16
~/.local/pkgs/npmjs.com/v11.16.0
~/.local/pkgs/sqlite.org/v3.53.2
~/.local/pkgs/bytereef.org/mpdecimal/v2.5.1
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/libffi/v3.5.2
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/bzip2/v1.0.8
~/.local/pkgs/freedesktop.org/pkg-config/v0.29.2
~/.local/pkgs/nodejs.org/v26.3.0
~/.local/pkgs/lz4.org/v1.10.0
~/.local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
~/.local/pkgs/tukaani.org/xz/v5.8.3
~/.local/pkgs/libgit2.org/v1.9.4
~/.local/pkgs/freetype.org/v2.14.3
~/.local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.1
~/.local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.2
~/.local/pkgs/gnu.org/readline/v8.3.0
~/.local/pkgs/facebook.com/zstd/v1.5.7
~/.local/pkgs/invisible-island.net/ncurses/v6.6.0
~/.local/pkgs/astral.sh/uv/v0.11.19
~/.local/pkgs/libexpat.github.io/v2.8.1
~/.local/pkgs/libssh2.org/v1.11.1
~/.local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2026.5.14
~/.local/pkgs/unicode.org/v73.2.0
~/.local/pkgs/python.org/v3.14.5
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/x11/v1.8.11
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/protocol/v2025.1.0
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/util-macros/v1.20.2
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xau/v1.0.12
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xdmcp/v1.1.5
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/exts/v1.3.7
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xcb/v1.17.0

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm outdated
error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1
  if (set.length <= 0) throw new Error(`cannot intersect: ${a} && ${b}`)
                             ^
    at Module.intersect (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/utils/semver.ts:382:30)
    at hydrate (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/plumbing/hydrate.ts:87:50)
    at async outdated (file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:660:31)
    at async file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:114:7

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm update node
error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1
  if (set.length <= 0) throw new Error(`cannot intersect: ${a} && ${b}`)
                             ^
    at Module.intersect (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/utils/semver.ts:382:30)
    at hydrate (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/plumbing/hydrate.ts:87:50)
    at async update (file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:714:31)
    at async file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:106:7

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm update node@26
error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1
  if (set.length <= 0) throw new Error(`cannot intersect: ${a} && ${b}`)
                             ^
    at Module.intersect (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/utils/semver.ts:382:30)
    at hydrate (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/plumbing/hydrate.ts:87:50)
    at async update (file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:714:31)
    at async file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:106:7

jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm update uv
error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1
  if (set.length <= 0) throw new Error(`cannot intersect: ${a} && ${b}`)
                             ^
    at Module.intersect (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/utils/semver.ts:382:30)
    at hydrate (https://deno.land/x/libpkgx@v0.21.0/src/plumbing/hydrate.ts:87:50)
    at async update (file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:714:31)
    at async file:///Users/jatifjr/.local/share/pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.12.2/bin/pkgm:106:7

jatifjr@mac ~ %

I don't know if this related to either node or uv or pkgm itself, but I think it's weird that this happened.

For maintainers and contributors, I appreciate all the work and I hope you have a great day every day

[jhheider]

=1.3.1 is almost certainly python's strict zlib.net requirement.

As an experiment, if we do it by installing uv first, then node does it work? This is an interesting problem of post-hoc rewiring of dependencies after install.

[jatifjr]

Yes, it is an interesting problem. Yes, installing uv first then node works fine. I forgot to include it in the first post.