404 response downloading node 8.1.1 headers

[TheMetalCode]

I've started seeing this given a recent upgrade to node 8.1.1:

21:45:26 Output:
21:45:26 gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
21:45:26 gyp info using [email protected]
21:45:26 gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64
21:45:26 gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download//v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-headers.tar.gz
21:45:26 gyp http 404 https://nodejs.org/download//v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-headers.tar.gz
21:45:26 gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
21:45:26 gyp ERR! configure error 
21:45:26 gyp ERR! stack Error: 404 response downloading https://nodejs.org/download//v8.1.1/node-v8.1.1-headers.tar.gz

The download// makes me concerned, as that url is almost certainly not correct. Question is - what is causing the URL to be formed that way?

[gibfahn]

Yep, this is a duplicate of nodejs/node#13667, #1231 and #1230.

I'll close this as a duplicate, it'll be fixed in the next Node 8 release. In the meantime you can use the workaround in nodejs/node#13667.