[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1122448: Bug#1122448: node-wikibase-cli: FTBFS: Exception during run: Error: Cannot find module 'chalk'

[Andrius Merkys]

Hi Santiago,

On 2025-12-19 13:07, Santiago Vila wrote:
> An autoremoval warning has been triggered for this package
> because of this bug.
> 
> I've checked that adding "node-chalk" to build-depends,
> the problem goes away.
> 
> Does it help if I make a team upload with such change?
> (Or maybe there is another solution?)

Yes, go ahead with the upload.

> I'd like to know why this is necessary now but not before.
> I suspect changes in "nodejs" where some things were
> given for free and now you have to use them explicitly.

One hypothesis might be that node-chalk is a transitive dependency from 
some package which misses it, or maybe has it as Suggests.

I sort of dropped ball on node-wikibase-* packages waiting for more 
spare time. Maybe next year.

Best wishes,
Andrius