ci: attempt to fix issues related to old node-gyp + new Python

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: Check Node.js version
         run: node -pe process.versions
-      - name: Install Python 2.7
-        if: ${{ matrix.node-version == '10.7.0' }}
+      - name: Check npm version
+        run: npm -v
+      - name: Install latest node-gyp (node <16.x)
+        if: ${{ contains(fromJSON('["10.7.0", "10.x", "12.x", "14.x"]'), matrix.node-version) }}
         run: |
-          sudo apt install python2.7
-          echo "PYTHON=$(which python2.7)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          npm config get prefix
+          sudo npm explore npm/node_modules/@npmcli/run-script -g -- npm_config_global=false npm install node-gyp@latest
+          node-gyp -v
       - name: Install module
         run: npm install
       - name: Run tests
@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Check Node.js version
         run: node -pe process.versions
+      - name: Check npm version
+        run: npm -v
       - name: Install module
         run: npm install
       - name: Run tests
@@ -71,6 +76,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - name: Check Node.js version
         run: node -pe process.versions
+      - name: Check npm version
+        run: npm -v
       - name: Install module
         run: npm install
       - name: Run tests