[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#973983: pkg-js-tools tries to require a non-existing name

[Julien Puydt]

Package: pkg-js-tools
Version: 0.9.45

I'm trying to package lumino (ITP 972487), which has a pretty special
structure:
- no main module ;
- only packages.

My d/control has a build dep on pkg-js-tools, and uses "Provides:
${nodejs:Provides}" ; I have a d/nodejs/additional_components with
packages/* to find the packages and my d/tests/pkg-js/test is only an
"echo FIXME".

When building the package, I get strange warnings, but they seem pretty
harmless :

dh_auto_install: warning: # /! "types" field should be replaced by
"typings" in packages/algorithm/package.json
Please report this bug




Things get bad when autopkgtest kicks in and tries to require:

autopkgtest [15:44:43]: test pkg-js-autopkgtest-require: [-------------
----------
Using package.json
Node module name is 
Test: require
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:898
    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('id', id,
    ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE]: The argument 'id' must be a non-
empty string. Received ''
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:898:11)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at [eval]:1:1
    at Script.runInThisContext (vm.js:120:18)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:309:38)
    at Object.<anonymous> ([eval]-wrapper:10:26)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1015:30)
    at evalScript (internal/process/execution.js:94:25)
    at internal/main/eval_string.js:23:3 {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE'
}

indeed, the main package.json has no 'name' field. It should instead
try to require the packages listed in d/nodejs/additional_components.

Is it possible to get around it?

Cheers,

JP