MacOs Sierra "npm run build.dev" failure caused by webpack

[verdecchia]

I run "npm install" and than "npm run build", but I receive error from webpack task.
Thank you,
I appreciate your help.

webpack --progress --profile
0% compiling/Users/mverdecchia/Documents/angular2/angular2-electron/node_modules/webpack-target-electron-renderer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:37
if(externals === dependency.request) {
^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'request' of undefined
at handleExternals (/Users/mverdecchia/Documents/angular2/angular2-electron/node_modules/webpack-target-electron-renderer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:37:33)
at next (/Users/mverdecchia/Documents/angular2/angular2-electron/node_modules/webpack-target-electron-renderer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:46:8)
at handleExternals (/Users/mverdecchia/Documents/angular2/angular2-electron/node_modules/webpack-target-electron-renderer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:59:7)
at ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin. (/Users/mverdecchia/Documents/angular2/angular2-electron/node_modules/webpack-target-electron-renderer/node_modules/webpack/lib/ExternalModuleFactoryPlugin.js:79:5)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:207:3
at NormalModuleFactory.applyPluginsAsyncWaterfall (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:196:70)
at NormalModuleFactory.create (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/NormalModuleFactory.js:191:8)
at Compilation.process [as _addModuleChain] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:359:16)
at Compilation.process [as addEntry] (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:435:7)
at SingleEntryPlugin. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/SingleEntryPlugin.js:22:15)
at Compiler.applyPluginsParallel (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:229:14)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:463:8)
at Compiler.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:131:46)
at Compiler.compile (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:456:7)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:219:10)
at Compiler.readRecords (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:367:10)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:216:9)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:138:11)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/CachePlugin.js:34:58)
at Compiler.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:142:13)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:213:8)
at next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:138:11)
at Compiler. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/node/NodeEnvironmentPlugin.js:23:3)
at Compiler.applyPluginsAsyncSeries (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:142:13)
at Compiler.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compiler.js:210:7)
at processOptions (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js:335:12)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js:339:1)
at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:488:32)

[joaogarin]

Hello Can you check this issue, someone had something simillar but they where able to get it working? I cant seem to reproduce this one :/ #38

[joaogarin]

Hello,

Where you able to find something? There is also this issue here in the angular-cli which points to something simillar angular/angular-cli#1922

I just ran a clean

rm -rf node_modules && npm install && npm run build

And I got no errors.

Best regards
Joao Garin

[nagarsuresh]

i was facing the same issue and I am very new to webpack+electon etc, i did one change and it got build and can see the app also require('os').platform() is printing darwin in console.
all i did was in the webpack.config.json
replace the line
config.target = webpackTargetElectronRenderer(config);
with
config.target = 'electron-renderer';
and commented webpackTargetElectronRenderer in the webpack.config.json
coz in the https://github.com/chentsulin/webpack-target-electron-renderer its given something like that.
is it ok to do that ?

[joaogarin]

Yes that looks correct looking at https://github.com/chentsulin/webpack-target-electron-renderer#migrate-to-webpack-2-or-webpack-1--11215

If you want to make a pull request for that it would be awesome. If not I will included as soon as I get some time.

Thanks for the info!

[nagarsuresh]

Thanks @joaogarin ,
I will make a pull request for this.

[nagarsuresh]

@joaogarin i am not able to create remote branch, could you add me as collaborator to the project.

[joaogarin]

You would have to fork the repository, create your own branch in your own repository (not in this one) and then issue a pull request.

You can read more about it here : https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request/

[nagarsuresh]

Thanks @joaogarin for pointing in right direction, created a pull request.