found a new snippet

Author: verhovsky

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ jobs:
           - 14
           - 16
           - 18
-        # These fail with a useless error message
-        exclude:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            node: 16
-          - os: windows-latest
-            node: 18
       fail-fast: false
     name: Testing Node ${{ matrix.node }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -41,14 +35,21 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
-      - name: Update node-gyp
+      - name: Update node-gyp for Node 14
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && matrix.node == '14' }}
         run: |
           $WhereNode = Get-Command node | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
           $NodeDirPath = Split-Path $WhereNode -Parent
           $NodeModulesPath = $NodeDirPath + "\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle"
           cd $NodeModulesPath
           npm install [email protected]
+      - name: Update node-gyp for Node 16 or 18
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && ( matrix.node == '16' || matrix.node == '18' ) }}
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+          npm install --global node-gyp@latest
+          npm prefix -g | % {npm config set node_gyp "$_\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js"}
+
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm test