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macOS packages missing correct version attribute, how to verify:

[user@mymac tmp]$ xar -xf ../node-v8.4.0.pkg
[user@mymac tmp]$ grep -i -r "id" * | grep version
Distribution: <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.node.pkg" installKBytes="63040" version="1.0" auth="Root">#local.pkg
local.pkg/PackageInfo:<pkg-info format-version="2" identifier="org.nodejs.node.pkg" version="1.0" install-location="/usr/local" relocatable="true" auth="root">
npm.pkg/PackageInfo:<pkg-info format-version="2" identifier="org.nodejs.nodejs.npm.pkg" version="1.0" install-location="/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm" auth="root">`

or, after install:

sh-3.2# pkgutil --pkg-info org.nodejs.pkg
package-id: org.nodejs.pkg
version: 1.0
volume: /
location: usr/local
install-time: 1498667456
sh-3.2# pkgutil --pkg-info org.nodejs.node.npm.pkg
package-id: org.nodejs.node.npm.pkg
version: 1.0
volume: /
location: usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
install-time: 1498667456`

cmon guys, even brew-pkg builds node package with correct version attribute.