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+var test = require('tap').test
+
+var npmconf = require("../../lib/config/core.js")
+var common = require("./00-config-setup.js")
+
+test('with malformed', function (t) {
+ npmconf.load({}, common.malformed, function (er, conf) {
+ t.ok(er, 'Expected parse error')
+ if (!(er && /Failed parsing JSON config key email/.test(er.message))) {
+ throw er
+ }
+ t.end()
+ })
+})