Installation fails on NodeJS 12, Amazon Linux

[just-boris]

The installation fails on our build machine with the following error.

> @parcel/watcher@2.0.0-alpha.8 install /path/to/project/node_modules/@parcel/watcher
> node-gyp-build
make: Entering directory '/path/to/project/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/build'
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../../node-addon-api/nothing.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/../../node-addon-api/nothing.a
  COPY Release/nothing.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/binding.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/Watcher.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/Backend.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/DirTree.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/watchman/BSER.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/watchman/WatchmanBackend.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/shared/BruteForceBackend.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/linux/InotifyBackend.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/unix/legacy.o
../src/linux/InotifyBackend.cc: In member function 'void InotifyBackend::watchDir(Watcher&, DirEntry*, std::shared_ptr<DirTree>)':
../src/linux/InotifyBackend.cc:9:47: error: 'IN_EXCL_UNLINK' was not declared in this scope
   IN_MOVED_TO | IN_DONT_FOLLOW | IN_ONLYDIR | IN_EXCL_UNLINK
                                               ^
../src/linux/InotifyBackend.cc:76:61: note: in expansion of macro 'INOTIFY_MASK'
   int wd = inotify_add_watch(mInotify, entry->path.c_str(), INOTIFY_MASK);
                                                             ^
make: *** [watcher.target.mk:124: Release/obj.target/watcher/src/linux/InotifyBackend.o] Error 1

I am not super familiar with the C++ build stack, but I can try to extract more information about the system and build environment if you tell me how to do that.

[devongovett]

Do you know what type of machine it's running in? Seems like no prebuilds are matching?

[just-boris]

When I run install with --loglevel=verbose, I get this error:

Error: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /path/to/project/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/prebuilds/linux-x64/node.napi.glibc.node)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1057:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at load (/path/to/project/node_modules/node-gyp-build/index.js:21:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/path/to/project/node_modules/node-gyp-build/build-test.js:19:19)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)

Googling for this error message shows that our libc is outdated. From our side the libc version is not something we control and we cannot update this (sadly).

Is there a chance that Parcel will make this native dependency optional (similar to how fsevents work)? As we use this environment only for builds, we do not need watching functionality, only the bundling.

[tytremblay]

@just-boris were you able to resolve / work around this issue? I think I'm experiencing something similar:

npm ERR! path /builds/realtime-robotics/rapidplan/rapidplan_2.0.4-182-g64969e95a/build/rtr_web_tools/build/node_modules/@parcel/watcher
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp-build
npm ERR! make[8]: Entering directory '/builds/realtime-robotics/rapidplan/rapidplan_2.0.4-182-g64969e95a/build/rtr_web_tools/build/node_modules/@parcel/watcher'
npm ERR!   CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/../../node-addon-api/nothing.o
npm ERR!   AR(target) Release/obj.target/../../node-addon-api/nothing.a
npm ERR!   COPY Release/nothing.a
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/binding.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/Watcher.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/Backend.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/DirTree.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/watchman/BSER.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/watchman/WatchmanBackend.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/shared/BruteForceBackend.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/linux/InotifyBackend.o
npm ERR!   CXX(target) Release/obj.target/watcher/src/unix/legacy.o
npm ERR! make[8]: Leaving directory '/builds/realtime-robotics/rapidplan/rapidplan_2.0.4-182-g64969e95a/build/rtr_web_tools/build/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/build'
npm ERR! make[8]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add '+' to parent make rule.
npm ERR! ../src/linux/InotifyBackend.cc:60:3: warning: ignoring return value of function declared with 'warn_unused_result' attribute [-Wunused-result]
npm ERR!   write(mPipe[1], "X", 1);
npm ERR!   ^~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
npm ERR! 1 warning generated.```

[jackmorrison12]

@just-boris +1 here, I'm getting the exact same error, did you find a solution?

[just-boris]

Switched to Vite

[devongovett]

Please try v2.2.0 which now includes prebuilt binaries for more platforms. That way you shouldn't need to compile it yourself.