Cannot create symlink to '../.js': File name too long

[juliomac]

I am getting "Failed to complete server initialisation" and Debug shows several lines saying "Cannot create symlink to '../.js': File name too long", ending with "tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors" and "meteor-azure: Could not unpack bundle".

I am trying to install an exact copy of latest Rocket Chat Meteor app (for testing before uploading a customized one).

I have tried this $ git config core.symlinks false, according to this: Urigo/IonicCLI-Meteor-WhatsApp#4 , but it did not have any effect.

• Operating system: Mac OS 10.13.6

• Meteor version; Meteor 1.8.0.2

• Package version (run meteor-azure -v): v2.1.0-rc.7

• Command output with debug mode enabled

info:    Targetting 32-bit Node architecture
debug:   check Meteor is installed
debug:   check for incompatible 'force-ssl' package
debug:   check current Meteor release >= 1.4
info:    Validating settings file (settings.json)
debug:   check valid json exists
debug:   check data follows schema
debug:   ChatLibertas: configure kudu api
info:    Validating Kudu connection (settings.json)
info:    ChatLibertas: Authenticating with interactive login...
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debug:   ChatLibertas: completed Azure authentication
info:    ChatLibertas: Updating Azure application settings
debug:   ChatLibertas: retrieve existing values
debug:   ChatLibertas: set environment variables
debug:   ChatLibertas: set Meteor settings
debug:   ChatLibertas: set Kudu deployment settings
debug:   ChatLibertas: set Node architecture to 32-bit
debug:   ChatLibertas: set Node to v8.11.4
debug:   ChatLibertas: set NPM to v6.4.1
debug:   ChatLibertas: serialise values
debug:   ChatLibertas: push new settings
info:    Compiling application bundle
debug:   generate meteor build
audited 624 packages in 2.635s
found 0 vulnerabilities

Installing new Livechat...
WARNING: npm peer requirements (for juliancwirko:postcss) not installed:
 - postcss@7.0.6 installed, postcss@^6.0.22 needed
 - postcss-load-config@2.0.0 installed, postcss-load-config@^1.2.0 needed

Read more about installing npm peer dependencies:
  http://guide.meteor.com/using-packages.html#peer-npm-dependencies

Node#moveTo was deprecated. Use Container#append.
warn:    Using default web config
debug:   checking for broken symlinks
debug:   create tarball
info:    ChatLibertas: Deploying bundle tarball
info:    ChatLibertas: Running server initialisation
info:    ChatLibertas: Polling server status...
debug:   ChatLibertas: Retrieving Kudu deployment log...
debug:   Command: bash script.sh
debug:   meteor-azure: Now using NVM v1.1.4
debug:   meteor-azure: Setting Node to v8.11.4 32-bit
debug:   Version 8.11.4 is already installed.
debug:   meteor-azure: Now using Node v8.11.4 (32-bit)
debug:   meteor-azure: Now using NPM v6.4.1
debug:   meteor-azure: Installing global node-pre-gyp
debug:   D:\home\meteor-azure\nvm\v8.11.4\node-pre-gyp -> D:\home\meteor-azure\nvm\v8.11.4\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\bin\node-pre-gyp
debug:   + node-pre-gyp@0.9.1
debug:   updated 1 package in 12.639s
debug:   meteor-azure: Unpacking bundle
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/sharp/vendor/lib/libpng.dylib: Cannot create symlink to 'libpng16.dylib': No such file or directory
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/.bin/esgenerate: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/esgenerate.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/.bin/escodegen: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/escodegen.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/falafel/node_modules/.bin/acorn: Cannot create symlink to '../acorn/bin/acorn': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/.bin/esgenerate: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/esgenerate.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/.bin/escodegen: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/escodegen.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/cwise-parser/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/cwise-parser/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-verify: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-verify': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-sign: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-sign': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-conv: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-conv': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/.bin/har-validator: Cannot create symlink to '../har-validator/bin/har-validator': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-verify: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-verify': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-sign: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-sign': File name too long
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-conv: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-conv': File name too long
debug:   tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
debug:   meteor-azure: Could not unpack bundle
debug:   tar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/sharp/vendor/lib/libpng.dylib: Cannot create symlink to 'libpng16.dylib': No such file or directory\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/.bin/esgenerate: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/esgenerate.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/static-eval/node_modules/.bin/escodegen: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/escodegen.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/falafel/node_modules/.bin/acorn: Cannot create symlink to '../acorn/bin/acorn': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/escodegen/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/.bin/esgenerate: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/esgenerate.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/static-module/node_modules/.bin/escodegen: Cannot create symlink to '../escodegen/bin/escodegen.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/cwise-parser/node_modules/.bin/esvalidate: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esvalidate.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/ndarray-fill/node_modules/cwise/node_modules/cwise-parser/node_modules/.bin/esparse: Cannot create symlink to '../esprima/bin/esparse.js': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-verify: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-verify': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-sign: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-sign': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-conv: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-conv': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-spritesmith/node_modules/spritesmith/node_modules/pixelsmith/node_modules/get-pixels/node_modules/request/node_modules/.bin/har-validator: Cannot create symlink to '../har-validator/bin/har-validator': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-verify: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-verify': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-sign: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-sign': File name too long\r\ntar: bundle/programs/server/npm/node_modules/meteor/emojione_emojione/node_modules/grunt-contrib-qunit/node_modules/grunt-lib-phantomjs/node_modules/phantomjs/node_modules/request/node_modules/http-signature/node_modules/.bin/sshpk-conv: Cannot create symlink to '../sshpk/bin/sshpk-conv': File name too long\r\ntar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors\r\nmeteor-azure: Could not unpack bundle\r\nD:\Program Files (x86)\SiteExtensions\Kudu\80.10314.3823\bin\Scripts\starter.cmd bash script.sh
warn:    ChatLibertas: Failed to complete server initialisation

[ramijarrar]

I've adjusted the bundling in v2.1.1 to dereference symlinks. Can you try with that and let me know if you see any further errors?

[juliomac]

Hi @ramijarrar ! Thanks for the update! It seems like it did fix the symlink issue. It has passed this phase without any problems. See here:

debug:   create tarball
info:    ChatLibertas: Deploying bundle tarball
info:    ChatLibertas: Running server initialisation
info:    ChatLibertas: Polling server status...

However it did not finish the build. Below see what I think it is the most important part of the Debug log regarding this new issue (please tell me if you need the rest):

debug:   D:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(400,5): warning MSB8029: The Intermediate directory or Output directory cannot reside under the Temporary directory as it could lead to issues with incremental build. [D:\local\Temp\8d6b6baf59591bc\bundle\programs\server\npm\node_modules\tiny-secp256k1\build\secp256k1.vcxproj]
debug:     addon.cpp
debug:   ..\native\addon.cpp(1): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'array': No such file or directory [D:\local\Temp\8d6b6baf59591bc\bundle\programs\server\npm\node_modules\tiny-secp256k1\build\secp256k1.vcxproj]
debug:     win_delay_load_hook.cc
debug:   gyp ERR! build error 
debug:   gyp ERR! stack Error: `msbuild` failed with exit code: 1

The issue seems to be related to The Intermediate directory or Output directory cannot reside under the Temporary directory as it could lead to issues with incremental build. .

Then it cannot find it Cannot open include file: 'array': No such file or directory [D:\local\Temp\8d6b6baf59591bc\bundle\programs\server\npm\node_modules\tiny-secp256k1\build\secp256k1.vcxproj]

[ramijarrar]

Moved to #65