Use node-gyp@8.1 for all CI builds (and brings windows at par with macos and linux) (#1690)

Upgraded node-gyp to '8.1.0' (since this was a pre-requisite for it to work on windows os)

5 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
index cb40dc27c..24f02bdc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-updates.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Uninstall locally and reinstall node-gyp globally
         run: |
           npm uninstall node-gyp
-          npm i -g node-gyp@8.0.0 && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
+          npm i -g node-gyp@8.1.0 && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
       - name: Install node dependencies recursively
         run: npx lerna bootstrap
       - name: Update submodules
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ferdi-builds.yml b/.github/workflows/ferdi-builds.yml
index 6c45e65b5..3e53d4e71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ferdi-builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ferdi-builds.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Uninstall locally and reinstall node-gyp globally
         run: |
           npm uninstall node-gyp
-          npm i -g node-gyp@8.0.0 && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
+          npm i -g node-gyp@8.1.0
       - name: Fix corrupted node cache
         run: npm cache clean --force
       - name: Install node dependencies recursively
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Uninstall locally and reinstall node-gyp globally
         run: |
           npm uninstall node-gyp
-          npm i -g node-gyp@8.0.0 && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
+          npm i -g node-gyp@8.1.0
       - name: Fix corrupted node cache
         run: npm cache clean --force
       - name: Install node dependencies recursively
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
           node-version: 14.17.3
+      - name: Uninstall locally and reinstall node-gyp globally
+        run: |
+          npm uninstall node-gyp
+          npm i -g node-gyp@8.1.0
+        shell: bash
       - name: Fix corrupted node cache
         run: npm cache clean --force
         shell: bash
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0b643ea10..ec487283c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ v14.17.3
 npm -v
 6.14.12
 node-gyp -v
-v8.0.0
+v8.1.0
 ```
 
 #### Git
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bb0381d31..c78a36596 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/ferdi
 COPY package*.json ./
 COPY lerna.json ./
 
-RUN npm i -g node-gyp@8.0.0 \
+RUN npm i -g node-gyp@8.1.0 \
   && npm config set node_gyp "$(which node-gyp)"
 
 COPY . .
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58108204c..3dfb750c7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.17",
     "npm": "^6.14",
-    "node-gyp": "^8.0"
+    "node-gyp": "^8.1"
   },
   "engine-strict": true,
   "scripts": {