homebridge-eliot-smart-control 1.5.1 → 1.5.2

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ adheres to [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.5.2] — 2026-09-21
+
+### Changed
+
+- **Troubleshooting now covers the `npm ERR!` wall on install.** It is
+  `usocket`, an optional native dependency of `dbus-next` by way of `node-ble`,
+  whose build uses a `node-gyp` too old for Node 22. Optional is the operative
+  word: npm reports it, carries on, and `dbus-next` uses its own socket
+  implementation — which is what this plugin has always run on.
+
 ## [1.5.1] — 2026-09-21
 
 ### Added
@@ -354,7 +364,8 @@ First release.
   verified against hardware, including the measured travel speed and stopping
   distance.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.5.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.5.2...HEAD
+[1.5.2]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.5.1...v1.5.2
 [1.5.1]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0
 [1.4.0]: https://github.com/rummeyer/homebridge-eliot-smart-control/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0

package/README.md

@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ Move Homebridge closer, or put a second one near the desk.
 written down, indistinguishable from a range problem in practice, and worth
 ruling out early by trying another one. It cost a day here.
 
+**Installing or updating prints a wall of `npm ERR!` and works anyway.** That
+is `usocket`, an *optional* native dependency of `dbus-next`, which reaches
+here through `node-ble`. Its build uses a version of `node-gyp` too old for
+Node 22 and fails with `Cannot assign to read only property 'cflags'`. Because
+it is optional, npm reports the failure and carries on, and nothing here needs
+it — `dbus-next` falls back to its own socket implementation, which is what
+this plugin has always run on. There is nothing to fix at this end; the noise
+comes from two dependencies further down.
+
 **"No D-Bus system bus"** means BlueZ is not reachable: you are not on Linux, or
 you are in a container without `/var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket` mounted.
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "homebridge-eliot-smart-control",
   "displayName": "Eliot Smart Control",
-  "version": "1.5.1",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "Homebridge plugin for the Eliot sit-stand desk with the Smart Dongle, over Bluetooth LE",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Oliver Rummeyer",