Error bench update V8 unbuntu fsevents

Install / Update
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we have this error when we run bench update against master in production a search states that fsevents is a osx api yet we are running unbuntu not sure why the error exhist on unbuntu and if we need it?

Installed Apps

ERPNext: v8.5.3 (master)

Frappe Framework: v8.5.6 (master)

INFO:bench.utils:npm install
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.2: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“x64”})
npm WARN frappe@ No description
Backing up sites…

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This may help you and others had a similar report awhile back

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clarkej we were a part of that thread back on 5/29 and told it was not harmful but I would have though it was fixed by now so as not to alarm others whom don’t use osx if it truly was not harmful?

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These explain that the warning is meant simply to inform, and why there is nothing to fix

https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/1435