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error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: cannot intersect: ^1.3.2 && =1.3.1 #88
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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jatifjr@mac ~ % pkgm outdated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
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jhheider commentedon Jun 5, 2026
=1.3.1is almost certainly python's strictzlib.netrequirement.As an experiment, if we do it by installing
uvfirst, thennodedoes it work? This is an interesting problem of post-hoc rewiring of dependencies after install.jatifjr commentedon Jun 7, 2026
Yes, it is an interesting problem. Yes, installing
uvfirst thennodeworks fine. I forgot to include it in the first post.jhheider commentedon Jun 28, 2026
@jatifjr in order to solve this properly, we need to capture install intent.
pkgmis a small surface by design, so this isn't a trivial undertaking.to that end, I added a self-healing manifest to allow users to both capture, and adjust installation intent to allow
pkgmto solve issues like yours, where version intersections matter between requested packages (uvandnode), but all requested packages should contribute to the graph intersection, so you get the correctzlib=1.3.1as a transient dependency frompythonfromuv, regardless of the order (or anything that happens in the future).#89 is my attempt. of you want to try it and see if it fixes your specific use case, you should be able to replace your
pkgmscript with this: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pkgxdev/pkgm/91e28633bb2246a1e987b1757dd393a90d4b6182/pkgm.ts .let me know if that solves your problem. the theory is that it should prevent this class of problems going forward.