Upgrade from 0.7.5 to 0.7.6 underscore error on Meteor start

[RWizard]

W20161028-20:07:33.458(3)? (STDERR) /Users/romanvasiliev/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2.zi1w5b++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/server-lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:280
W20161028-20:07:33.579(3)? (STDERR) throw(ex);
W20161028-20:07:33.580(3)? (STDERR) ^
W20161028-20:07:33.581(3)? (STDERR)
W20161028-20:07:33.581(3)? (STDERR) Error: Cannot find module 'underscore'
W20161028-20:07:33.581(3)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
W20161028-20:07:33.582(3)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
W20161028-20:07:33.582(3)? (STDERR) at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
W20161028-20:07:33.583(3)? (STDERR) at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
W20161028-20:07:33.587(3)? (STDERR) at Object. (/Users/romanvasiliev/.meteor/packages/lookback_emails/.0.7.6.tez422++os+web.browser+web.cordova/npm/node_modules1/html-to-text/lib/html-to-text.js:4:9)
W20161028-20:07:33.588(3)? (STDERR) at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
W20161028-20:07:33.588(3)? (STDERR) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
W20161028-20:07:33.589(3)? (STDERR) at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
W20161028-20:07:33.589(3)? (STDERR) at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
W20161028-20:07:33.589(3)? (STDERR) at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
W20161028-20:07:33.590(3)? (STDERR) at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
=> Exited with code: 1

[johanbrook]

Interesting. Comes from the html-to-text module. No idea what's causing it.

[RWizard]

No problem, I revert to previous ver. Maybe idea come tomorrow . :)

[cmaddalozzo]

I'm seeing the same issue on Sierra with 0.7.6 version of lookback:emails. Downgrading to 0.7.5 fixes the problem.

[thebarty]

@johanbrook : Yeah I am getting this, too - strangly ONLY, when NOT having the package locally withn /packages/meteor-emails.

Maybe a

Npm.depends({
  'html-to-text': '2.1.3',
  'underscore': '....'  // which minimal version?
});

will do the trick?

[bmustata]

Similar issue on here. Back to 0.7.5.

[amazingsam]

Does also occur on El Capitan; this is not only a Sierra problem. Downgrading to 0.7.5 works.

[johanbrook]

html-to-text clearly has a dependency on underscore (1.8.3): https://github.com/werk85/node-html-to-text/blob/master/package.json#L27. Don't know why it doesn't build it correctly.

[thebarty]

yeah - really strange.

Can you reproduce this locally? If no: why not?

[thebarty]

If we can NOT reproduce this locally (I can NOT), then maybe try something like this on the server?

• http://javascript.tutorialhorizon.com/2015/08/27/trouble-shooting-error-can-not-find-module-underscore/

[robinandersson]

I seem to be getting this issue on startup (locally) when on both 0.7.6 and 0.7.5, but downgrading to 0.7.4 solves it.

Just FYI, same error on both Meteor versions 1.3.1 and 1.4.2.

[johanbrook]

Gotcha. Might not have been introduced in 0.7.6 then, but rather some (lingering) issue either with html-to-text or Meteor's build system (I highly suspect the latter, as I always do).

One fix would be to remove the hard dependency on html-to-text (https://github.com/lookback/meteor-emails/blob/master/package.js#L11-L13) and make it opt-in, like I did with chrisbutler:node-sass vs. npm node-sass. Investigating.

[thebarty]

sorry for the confusion. what I meant is that I can NOT reproduce this when having the package itself for development forked under packages/meteor-emails. If I remove it then I also see this error

[zeroasterisk]

I am having this error, even after installing underscore explicitly.
I'll also be downgrading, for now.

[johanbrook]

Posted here about this: https://forums.meteor.com/t/cannot-find-module-underscore-from-inside-npm-dependency/31408/1

[darrenangle]

This is crashing a new meteor app at 0.7.6, 0.7.5, and 0.7.4. for me. Same error.

[daaaaan]

METEOR@1.4.2.3

Can confirm issue with package @=0.7.6

NO issues with package @=0.7.5 & @0.7.4.

Didn't poke around much as didn't seem much apart from dependencies had changed from some of the commits I looked at.

Seems to be a weird one. 😭

[johanbrook]

Thanks @daaaaan and @darrenangle. Indeed a weird one .. No help from the forums either.

Would be kinda sad to be forced to make html-to-text an external peer dependency too.

[thebarty]

Hi guys,

we need to find a solution for this. I just tried setting up a CI (via circle) and it throws the same error.

@johanbrook: If making "html-to-text" an external peer dependency is what it takes, give it a go and publish another release? It would be a pity if we couldn't use the new features available in the new versions of your package. If the meteor-build process works correct again (ever????) then you can always roll back? But this is the active thing we can do right now to make it work, I guess

[thebarty]

OK, so there probably is a workaround (I can say for sure on CircleCi).

Like I wrote earlier, I am NOT getting this error, when I have the package installed locally under "/packages/meteor-emails".

CircleCi works with this extra line cd src/packages; git clone https://github.com/lookback/meteor-emails.git; ls -al;

So maybe a meteor build would also work, if you did a cd src/packages; git clone https://github.com/lookback/meteor-emails.git before

So this is an excerp of a circle.yml:

dependencies:
  pre:
    - if [ ! -e src/.meteor/meteor ]; then cd src; curl https://install.meteor.com | /bin/sh 2>&1 | cat; ls -al; fi
    # WORKAROUND for lookback_emails: right now "lookback_emails" is crashing with underscore problem 
    #  (see https://github.com/lookback/meteor-emails/issues/80),
    #  but it works if we fetch it to local disk
    - cd src/packages; git clone https://github.com/lookback/meteor-emails.git; ls -al;
    - cd src; meteor --version;

[grabcode]

I am not sure how to test the following proposal to fix the issue, as it works when adding the package locally (under the /packages folder of a project).

A quick fix would be to update the Npm.depends, adding underscore to it:

Npm.depends({
  'html-to-text': '2.1.3',
  'underscore': '1.8.3'
});

[johanbrook]

Ugly, but would get the job done. I can prepare a test release.

[grabcode]

Hey @johanbrook, here is a PR #85

[johanbrook]

Changes from #85 are merged to master, but still can reproduce error.

Tried wrapping html-to-text module in a Meteor package, to see if that can get around the build problems, but got

lookback:html-to-text: updating npm dependencies -- html-to-text...
/Users/Johan/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.4.2_3.1f1r9lq++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/isopackets/ddp/npm/node_modules/meteor/promise/node_modules/meteor-promise/promise_server.js:190
      throw error;
      ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/Users/Johan/Projects/Code/lookback/lookback_html-to-text/.npm/package-new-1sm8u3a' -> '/Users/Johan/Projects/Code/lookback/lookback:html-to-text/.npm/package'

I'm so done with Meteor's various build problems now -.-

[johanbrook]

Fixed error, now getting

Error: Depending on unknown package lookback:html-to-text

when depending on the new Meteor package from within lookback:emails, even though the former exists: https://atmospherejs.com/lookback/html-to-text. Might be propagating.

[johanbrook]

Fixed and published as 0.7.7. Give it a run ⚡️

[grabcode]

It works. Just in case, I've wiped out all the versions of lookback:emails, stored under $HOME/.meteor/packages/lookback_emails, and reinstall it.

[RWizard]

Thanks, upgrade to 0.7.7 FINE!

[darrenangle]

🙏