Missing packages after first npm install

[benoitvallon]

After the first npm install on my project, some packages are missing. After the second run, all the packages are here. The project is this one react-native-nw-react-calculator

node: v5.3.0
npm: ok with 3.3.9, nok with 3.3.10, still nok with 3.5.3

Here is a sample of the package tree after install, with npm 3.3.9 I got the slash and shebang-regex packages which I don't get with 3.3.10 or the last version (3.5.3)

npm 3.3.9
├-┬ babel-core@6.3.26 
 :  : 
│├── private@0.1.6 
│├── shebang-regex@1.0.0 
│├── slash@1.0.0 
│└── source-map@0.5.3

npm 3.3.10 or 3.5.3
├-┬ babel-core@6.3.26 
 :  :
│├── private@0.1.6 
│└── source-map@0.5.3

I managed to find the commit introducing the bug deps: When we replace/upgrade a dep, remove all its deps too but I am a little stuck to go further and fix the bug.

If anyone could help me with this, I would be happy to fix it.

[benoitvallon]

Here are the logs in travis for different version of npm and node https://travis-ci.org/benoitvallon/react-native-nw-react-calculator

We can see that it works great with npm 3.3.6 for example. The behavior appears in 3.3.10 but there is no errors at install, only packages are missing.

[Hikingyo]

I have the same problem with npm 3.3.12 on travis and on my own computer.
On my computer, I should to execute several times npm install to have all the packages install.

[benoitvallon]

Still having the issue with npm v3.6.0

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