npm versions higher than 6.1.0 cannot be installed

[osher]

actually, the hpm repository changed.

Error is:

Error: Failed to read response from https://codeload.github.com/npm/npm/tar.gz/v6.4.1
    at Request.<anonymous> (C:\ws\nodist\lib\build.js:110:25)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at Request.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at Request.onRequestResponse (C:\ws\nodist\node_modules\request\request.js:954:10)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnIncomingClient [as onIncoming] (_http_client.js:473:21)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:99:23)
    at TLSSocket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:362:20)
    at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:188:7)
    at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:176:18)
    at TLSSocket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:134:10)
    at TLSWrap.onread (net.js:551:20)

because the correct URL now is:

https://codeload.github.com/npm/cli/tar.gz/v6.4.1

instead of

https://codeload.github.com/npm/npm/tar.gz/v6.4.1

[osher]

hmm. fixed also by #217. How about merging it and publishing a version?

[Bryan Tong]

A new version is coming out today that merged #222 to fix this issue.