Build failure when builddir contains spaces. #65

jasondavies · 2012-05-16T19:12:06Z

Proposed Solution (lines 311+), from @trentm:

Old

argv.push('-Dnode_root_dir=' + nodeDir)
argv.push('-Dmodule_root_dir=' + process.cwd())

Fixed

Add:

function shellEscape(str) {
   return str.replace(/(["\s'$`\\])/g, '\\$1');
};

Change to:

argv.push('-Dnode_root_dir=' + shellEscape(nodeDir))
argv.push('-Dmodule_root_dir=' + shellEscape(process.cwd()))

Maybe I am missing something? My only confirmation that it is still not working is from the issue I made on another repository: nodegit/nodegit#123

Hope this can be resolved and merged soon!

Update:
Looks like the solution didn't completely work. Sorry for the false alarm 👎 .

@trentm

Fixes nodejs#65. Build failure when builddir contains spaces. Solution by @trentm. See trentm@bbd979b

sebnapi · 2014-05-28T23:44:11Z

This is an Open Issue:

> [email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/karma/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents
> node-gyp rebuild

make: *** No rule to make target `../../../../../../../../../../Volumes/Macintosh', needed by `Makefile'.  Stop.
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:807:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 13.2.0
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/karma/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.28
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.13.0
gyp ERR! not ok

workaround not working for me too

kfancy · 2014-08-01T21:12:37Z

Work-around (definitely OS X, probably unix*) until this is fixed:

create a new account, with no spaces in the folder name
log in as that user
install globally:

npm install -g PACKAGENAME

(this worked for me, to install zmq)

carstenhag · 2015-01-23T20:54:31Z

Bump I guess? This still is an issue afaik.

Mike-Dunton · 2015-02-03T20:01:13Z

I am still having this issue here is a log output.

[email protected] install /Users/michael dunton/projects/optimlol/node_modules/css-sprite/node_modules/lwip
> node-gyp rebuild

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/lwip_decoder/src/decoder/init.o
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'dunton/.node-gyp/0.10.36/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'dunton/.node-gyp/0.10.36/deps/uv/include'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'dunton/.node-gyp/0.10.36/deps/v8/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/lwip_decoder/src/decoder/init.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error 
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:820:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 14.1.0
gyp ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/michael dunton/projects/optimlol/node_modules/css-sprite/node_modules/lwip
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.36
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.2
gyp ERR! not ok

freder · 2015-03-30T13:09:02Z

yep, still an issue:

clang: error: no such file or directory: 'HD'
clang: error: no such file or directory: '2/Projects/bla/code/bla.js/node_modules/libxslt/node_modules/libxmljs/src'
clang: error: no such file or directory: 'HD'
clang: error: no such file or directory: '2/Projects/bla/code/bla.js/node_modules/libxslt/node_modules/libxmljs/vendor/libxml/include'
make: *** [Release/obj.target/libexslt/deps/libxslt/libexslt/common.o] Error 1
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:269:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1067:12)

Zae · 2015-06-09T10:58:46Z

Any progress on this?

nemoDreamer · 2015-06-29T14:47:03Z

👍 Not just a Windows issue: I'm trying to install an Atom plug-in that uses node-gyp as a dependency, and my ~/.atom is stored on my cloud, by symlinking it to my "Google Drive" folder. I can't exactly rename that folder to not have a space, as it's tied into Google Drive's software...

Seems like this is a case for delimiting strings using a null character rather that splitting at spaces, kind of like find . -print0 | xargs -0 ... does, no?

davidrhoderick · 2015-07-15T16:45:18Z

Still an issue on Mac OS X 10.9.5.

kfancy · 2015-07-15T17:02:45Z

It's probably going to remain an issue, my recommendation is to either
create a separate account to install global modules as necessary, or go
through the steps of removing the space from your user account directory
name, steps outlined in the link below.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201548

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:45 AM, David Rhoderick [email protected]
wrote:

Still an issue on Mac OS X 10.9.5.

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Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub
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julienfdev · 2021-09-09T07:43:11Z

Same issue here, can't build on Big Sur when path contains spaces and I have no control on the folder name

cclauss · 2021-09-09T07:56:22Z

@jasondavies macOS workaround above #65 (comment)

julienfdev · 2021-09-09T08:58:52Z

Thanks, that's not exactly the problem, I should have explained it better :
I never include spaces in my folder names, the problem comes from the /Mobile Documents/ (iCloud), it's located at
${HOME}/Library/ so setting the HOME variable won't do the trick. 🤷‍♂️

cclauss · 2021-09-09T09:17:23Z

Use backslash… HOME="/Mobile\ Documents/"

julienfdev · 2021-09-09T09:23:18Z

Thanks Christian but that won't work.
The problem is not that node-gyp is trying to write temp files in a HOME path containing spaces that need escaping (what the HOME workaround actually fixes), the problem is when gyp is trying to access a file at a path containing spaces, doesn't matter if it's located in your home directory or not, it's not using the HOME variable at all when resolving this path.

Looks like there's nothing we can do about it as the problem comes from gyp itself, not node-gyp 😐

jessejiang0214 · 2022-05-25T05:39:59Z

Cannot believe this bug has existed for 10 years!!!
This still exists in v9.0.0 on MacOS

hungtcs · 2022-06-16T09:04:12Z

Cannot believe this bug has existed for 10 years!!! This still exists in v9.0.0 on MacOS

When I move my projects to a mobile hard disk, I have a problem from 10 years ago

davej · 2022-06-27T19:09:29Z

By the way, I created a PR for this last year but it hasn't seen any movement: #2556

hungtcs · 2022-06-28T02:37:34Z

By the way, I created a PR for this last year but it hasn't seen any movement: #2556

It looks so easy to fix.

relativeflux · 2022-10-25T22:55:50Z

Can this be looked at, please?

cclauss · 2022-10-26T08:30:07Z

Can we have a GitHub Action that fails which demonstrates this problem? Which pull request should be reviewed?

Fix an installation issue that occurs when a path in which node-gyp is run contains spaces. For a path like `my app`, it would error with this message: ``` clang: error: no such file or directory: 'app/node_modules/node-addon-api' ``` The "my" part before the space (and the rest of the path before it) would be missing from the path in the error message. Fixes nodejs/node-gyp#65

steam0r · 2024-11-07T08:40:01Z

Can we have a GitHub Action that fails which demonstrates this problem? Which pull request should be reviewed?

on osx:

works:

mkdir normal
cd normal/
npm install abletonlink

added 4 packages in 8s

1 package is looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

fails:

mkdir "with space"
cd with\ space/
npm install abletonlink

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/xxx/Projects/npmtest/with space/node_modules/abletonlink
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command /bin/bash -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! CXX(target) Release/obj.target/abletonlink/src/napi-abletonlink.o
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.6 found at "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/python3
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'make',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/Users/xxx/Projects/npmtest/with space/node_modules/abletonlink/build/config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/Users/xxx/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.13.1/include/node/common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/xxx/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.13.1',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/xxx/Library/Caches/node-gyp/20.13.1/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/xxx/Projects/npmtest/with space/node_modules/abletonlink',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn make
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
npm ERR! clang++: error: no such file or directory: 'space/node_modules/node-addon-api'
npm ERR! clang++: error: no such file or directory: 'space/node_modules/abletonlink/libs/link/include'
npm ERR! clang++: error: no such file or directory: 'space/node_modules/abletonlink/libs/link/modules/asio-standalone/asio/include'
npm ERR! make: *** [Release/obj.target/abletonlink/src/napi-abletonlink.o] Error 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `make` failed with exit code: 2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:209:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 24.1.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/bin/node" "/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v20.13.1/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/xxx/Projects/npmtest/with space/node_modules/abletonlink
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.13.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.1.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/xxx/.npm/_logs/2024-11-07T08_37_07_102Z-debug-0.log

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Proposed Solution (lines 311+), from @trentm:

Old

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