Support arch parameter.

[dianlight]

Hello,
I can't find a way to specify the architecture of the node to install. I'm on a 64bit windows machine and I need to specify to install the ia32 (x86) version of node.

For example would be nice:
npm install node@10.7.0-win-x86

L.

[aredridel]

You can install node-win-x86, though if you need it to also support other configurations then adding that as a dependency would be counterproductive.

Why installing with an x64 node to get an x86 binary? (Just curious what the use case is)

[dianlight]

Install node-win-x86 on an 64bit environment give me the following error:

> npm ERR! notsup Unsupported platform for node-win-x86@10.4.1: wanted {"os":"win32","arch":"x86"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
> npm ERR! notsup Valid OS:    win32
> npm ERR! notsup Valid Arch:  x86
> npm ERR! notsup Actual OS:   win32
> npm ERR! notsup Actual Arch: x64

My uses case is quite complex to describe:
"A node application with native modules release as single binary."

• The deveopers PC are mixed windows 32bit and 64bit
• The central build machine is a windows 64bit with a shared installed node ( 64bit fixed version 8). Every project needed to install its enviroment ( node, modules etc ) before the build process.
• The native modules ( C/C++ ) needed to be compiled with the exact version and arch as the final packed exe file.

For the moment I have some post install custom script that unpack and link the right node version in the project but is not the optimal solution.

Regrads
L.