"npm run test" fails

[bill]

"npm run test" seems to run the core tests, but then aborts at the end before printing results, with this error message:

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "test"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm  v3.7.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! dojo@1.12.0-pre test: `intern-client config=tests/dojo.intern`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the dojo@1.12.0-pre test script 'intern-client config=tests/dojo.intern'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the dojo package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     intern-client config=tests/dojo.intern
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs dojo
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls dojo
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /ibm-js/dojo/tests/npm-debug.log

I thought it was something recent but it fails even when I check out the initial version (and even after running "npm install" first).