Cannot bundle bcrypt

[carlgieringer]

Hi,

I'm trying to bundle a node application that includes bcrypt. I am having a problem bundling bcrypt. I am using esbuild because it's quick and easy, but I think that the issue exists with any bundling solution (webpack, etc.)

I have a repro repo: https://github.com/carlgieringer/bcrypt-bundle-issue

My environment:
node v14.16.0
macOS 10.15.7

The README in the repo explains the repro steps, but basically if you build and then try and run the bundled app, it fails on bcrypt.js:5 where it passes in a path to package.json. For one, this would fail if I was trying to run the app in a directory lacking a package.json. But what happens in that repo is that node-pre-gyp complains that the package.json (the one for my example repo) is missing required fields:

package.json must declare these properties:
binary

Thanks!

[carlgieringer]

I think I can replace bcrypt wiith bcryptjs to solve this.

[recrsn]

Native nodejs modules cannot be bundled. We won't be able to fix this issue ever