[v7] node v18 test

[mshima]

Not to be merged, this PR tests v7 branch with node 18

Related to #20349.

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[mraible]

@mshima What do we need to do to make the main branch work with Node 18?

Related: we should probably do a 7.x release that works with Node 18.

[mshima]

@mraible main is supposed to work with node 18, only a wait-on (actually node) bug that requires to use the loopback ip instead of localhost name (in case ipv6 is preferred).

[mraible]

We might want to release a new 7.9.x version that works with Node 18, since a lot of folks seem to be running into this issue.

[mraible]

I just tried installing version 7.9.3 and using Node v18.13.0. It does not work:

$ jhipster
INFO! Using bundled JHipster
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:544
      throw e;
      ^

Error [ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED]: Package subpath './lib/util/namespace' is not defined by "exports" in /Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v18.13.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/node_modules/yeoman-environment/package.json
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:400:5)
    at exportsNotFound (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:361:10)
    at packageExportsResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:697:9)
    at resolveExports (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:538:36)
    at Module._findPath (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:607:31)
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1025:27)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:885:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:103:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v18.13.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/utils/blueprint.js:19:25) {
  code: 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED'
}

This fix solved it for me.

[mraible]

Maybe I spoke too soon. Both on Node v16.19.0 and with v18.13.0 (after the fix), the following happens:

✖ An error occured while running jhipster:languages#writeClientTranslations
ERROR! Template file src/main/webapp/i18n/id/error.json was not found at /Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/languages/templates
Error: Template file src/main/webapp/i18n/id/error.json was not found at /Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/languages/templates
    at renderTemplate (/Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/generator-base.js:2521:17)
    at /Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/generator-base.js:2681:69
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at module.exports.writeFiles (/Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/generator-base.js:2681:53)
    at module.exports.writeClientTranslations (/Users/mraible/.nvm/versions/node/v16.19.0/lib/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/languages/index.js:256:22)

This could certainly be my machine only, not sure.

[mshima]

jhipster v7.9.3 is broken at node 18, fixed at jhipster:v7.x_maintenance branch.
Should install from git.

[mraible]

@mshima I'm saying v7.9.3 seems to be broken with Node 16 too. I have successfully used it with Node 16 before, so it certainly could be my machine. I just tried it with v16.19.0 and v16.17.1. Both result in the error above.

An error occured while running jhipster:languages#writeClientTranslations

If I try npm i -g "https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster#v7.x_maintenance", the problem still happens.

[mraible]

Nevermind, these failures are happening because I'm using the ng-default/.yo-rc.json file from the main branch to test things and that won't work with older versions of JHipster because there's different languages in it.

[mshima]

jhipster v7 at maintenance branch works with node 18, except the broken by #21380