grunt v1.6.0 throwing error "SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'" through npm rimraf package.

[artbindu]

grunt v1.6.0 throwing error "SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'" through npm rimraf package.

Some braking changes happening in latest grunt changes.

I am using node & npm version as:

node: v12.16.1
npm: 6.13.4

I am getting errors like:

When I see the npm rimraf they did some changes few days ago.
But at the end of the day, I see the issue is happening from grant version.

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I see issue is not happening until grunt v1.5.3.
Issue is reproducing in latest version: grunt v1.6.0

I think the issue may be happening from es5 or es6 syntax related.

[artbindu]

I have checked with this configuration

 "rimraf": "4.1.1", // older
 "grunt": "^1.6.0",

and issue is still reproducing

[RobinBol]

Apparently as of grunt@1.6.x Node 16 or higher is required. Been debugging this for a while myself.. Maybe a major bump would have been better?

Just pin grunt at 1.5.3 to fix it for now.

[vladikoff]

@artbindu could you try your project with node.js 14 or 16? 12 is really outdated.

[artbindu]

The issue is still reproducing with node v14. But in node v16 I did not see the issue with the latest grunt version(v1.6.x).
Temporarily I fixed that with grunt 1.5.3.

Thanks @RobinBol, thanks @vladikoff for your suggestion.

You may close the ticket.

[vladikoff]

Fixed in 1.6.1 . thanks for the report!

[artbindu]

Yes, it's resolved in grunt 1.6.1.

Thank you @vladikoff