"npm install -g chromix" generates stack trace

Bug #1470692 reported by Andrej Ricnik
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Bug Description

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/chromix

npm ERR! Error: failed to fetch from registry: chromix
npm ERR! at /usr/share/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/get.js:139:12
npm ERR! at cb (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:31:9)
npm ERR! at Request._callback (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/npm-registry-client/request.js:136:18)
npm ERR! at Request.callback (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/main.js:119:22)
npm ERR! at Request.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/main.js:212:58)
npm ERR! at Request.emit (events.js:88:20)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/nodejs/request/main.js:412:12)
npm ERR! at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:67:17)
npm ERR! at HTTPParser.onIncoming (http.js:1261:11)
npm ERR! at HTTPParser.onHeadersComplete (http.js:102:31)
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://bugs.debian.org/npm>
npm ERR! or use
npm ERR! reportbug --attach /root/npm-debug.log npm
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 3.13.0-35-generic
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "chromix"
npm ERR! cwd /root
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.12
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.4
npm ERR! message failed to fetch from registry: chromix
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /root/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

Ad 1)
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04

Ad 2)
$ apt-cache policy npm
npm:
  Installed: 1.1.4~dfsg-1
  Candidate: 1.1.4~dfsg-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.4~dfsg-1 0
        500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Ad 3)
I expect npm to fetch and install chromix globally

Ad 4)
Instead I get a stack-trace and a message telling me to contact the debian packagers.

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Andrej Ricnik (a-ricnik) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1470692/+editstatus and add the package name in the text box next to the word Package.

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