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+# back to language cpp to try to bypass osx node failure
+language: cpp
+sudo: false
+env:
+  - export NODE_VERSION="0.10"
+  - export NODE_VERSION="0.12"
+  - export NODE_VERSION="4"
+  - export NODE_VERSION="5"
+os:
+  - linux
+  - osx
+# pre-install to bring in the correct version of node via nvm
+before_install:
+  - git submodule update --init --recursive
+  - git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ./.nvm
+  - source ./.nvm/nvm.sh
+  - nvm install $NODE_VERSION
+  - nvm use $NODE_VERSION
+  - npm config set python `which python`
+  - if [ $TRAVIS_OS_NAME == "linux" ]; then
+      export CC="gcc-4.8";
+      export CXX="g++-4.8";
+      export LINK="gcc-4.8";
+      export LINKXX="g++-4.8";
+    fi
+  - gcc --version
+  - g++ --version
+# node 4 depends on gcc 4.8
+addons:
+  apt:
+    sources:
+    - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+    packages:
+    - g++-4.8
+    - gcc-4.8
+# script needed to test, because defaults don't work on osx
+script:
+  - npm install
+  - npm run lint