angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta-16; ng build --prod fails; either bits in dist are not complete or build fails

[NilsHolger]

Please provide us with the following information:

OS?

Windows 7, 8 or 10. Linux (which distribution). Mac OSX (Yosemite? El Capitan?)
windows 7

Versions.

Please run ng --version. If there's nothing outputted, please run in a Terminal: node --version and paste the result here:
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.16
NODE: 6.5.0
os: win32 x64

Repro steps.

Was this an app that wasn't created using the CLI? What change did you do on your code? etc.
the app was created using the CLI
added components, service

The log given by the failure.

Normally this include a stack trace and some more information.
94% asset optimizationError in bail mode: [default] c:\Dev\angular2showcaseapp
src\app\app.component.ts:5:12
Cannot find name 'require'.

Mention any other details that might be useful.

contents of app.component.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
@component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
title = 'Angular 2 Rocks hardcore!';
}

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[its2mc]

Same issue I am having.. whats your typescript version?

[aecz]

Same issue here. I used this workaround:

npm install @types/node --save-dev

Maybe it should be included in package.json.

[NilsHolger]

fix : in typings.d.ts
add: declare var require: any;

[filipesilva]

Fixed in #2528

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