0.16.0: jspm build command fails

[OrKoN]

In a new jspm project:

$ jspm build
Transpile ES6? [yes]:
Minify? [yes]:no

err  AssertionError: rimraf: missing path
         at rimraf (/home/alex/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/jspm/node_modules/rimraf/rimraf.js:47:3)
         at lib$rsvp$node$$tryApply (/home/alex/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/jspm/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:1376:11)
         at lib$rsvp$node$$handleValueInput (/home/alex/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/jspm/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:1476:20)
         at fn (/home/alex/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/jspm/node_modules/rsvp/dist/rsvp.js:1464:18)
         at /home/alex/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/jspm/lib/core.js:93:23
         at runMicrotasksCallback (node.js:337:7)
         at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)

P.S. is it documented somewhere?

[guybedford]

This used to be used to provide transpilation, but has been left to deprecate. We can get this function going again for 0.17 though.

[jatsrt]

So, as a new user, that is getting this same error, is there a workaround?

[whistler]

@jatsrt you probably want to use the jspm bundle command instead

[masaeedu]

@whistler Yes, but that command no longer asks you whether you want to transpile ES6, it just chokes when it encounters it. How do I transpile my ES6?

[whistler]

@masaeedu It doesn't ask the question again because it generates configuration files(package.json/config.js) that save your selection.

The original bug report uses the jspm build command which I am not sure should still be used, I was not able to find documentation for it, but running jspm bundle to build produces the above error if the command is not provided further arguments i.e. the names of the source file and the destination file: jspm bundle app/main build.js.

[jperl]

Does bundle optimize with rollup? The docs say to use jspm build for that?

[jperl]

Nevermind. This error does not happen for me in 0.17.0-beta.29.