[Pkg-javascript-devel] Help: nodejs 16 need node-acorn source to break bootstrapping loop

[Jérémy Lal]

Le mer. 1 déc. 2021 à 16:41, Pirate Praveen <praveen at onenetbeyond.org> a
écrit :

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> 2021, ഡിസംബർ 1 5:18:25 PM IST, "Jérémy Lal" <kapouer at melix.org>ൽ എഴുതി
> >Hi,
> >
> >To work around the bootstrapping issue that is posed by the huge loop
> >of build-dependencies:
> >nodejs -> node-acorn -> rollup -> zillion things -> nodejs,
> >it is possible to make a stage 1 nodejs build that loads node-acorn
> >*source* files,
> >instead of the compiled ones.
>
> If nodejs 16 can handle acorn source files (ES6) directly, can we just
> skip the build of acorn ? So we can drop nodejs build dependency.
>

yes, it can be skipped, for stage 1 build.
But the configuration options used for that build are not supported by
upstream
for anything else than development, and it has a non-negligible impact on
nodejs initial load time.
So as soon as node-acorn can be built (by rollup), normal nodejs build must
be done.


>
> >However, to do that, I wonder what's the best option:
> >- a new node-acorn-source provides /usr/share/nodejs/node-acorn/src/
> >and "stage 1 nodejs" depends on it ?
> >- nodejs source stops dfsg-excluding all of node-acorn from its tarball,
> >keeps only
> >the source files and install them for the runtime in
> >/usr/share/nodejs/node/deps/acorn/acorn/src/
> >
> >NB: likewise for node-acorn-walk
> >
> >Jérémy
>
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