Broken symbolic link with 2.16

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1

I’m getting the following confusing error when trying to run my app on 2.16. I’ve tried to clear out node_modules, package-lock.json and .meteor/local and tried with and without rosetta.

Error: Broken symbolic link encountered at /Users/me/Projects/app/node_modules/create-hash/node_modules/.bin/sha.js
    at isWithinProdPackage (/tools/isobuild/bundler.js:495:19)
    at /tools/isobuild/builder.js:724:15
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at walk (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:656:34)
    at /tools/isobuild/builder.js:734:11
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at walk (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:656:34)
    at /tools/isobuild/builder.js:734:11
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at walk (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:656:34)
    at /tools/isobuild/builder.js:734:11
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at walk (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:656:34)
    at Builder._copyDirectory (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:788:5)
    at Builder.copyNodeModulesDirectory (/tools/isobuild/builder.js:550:17)
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:2569:17
    at Function.each (/Users/me/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.2.16.0.14ikht8.k8j++os.osx.arm64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.arm64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore-node-f-pre.js:1321:7)
    at JsImage.write (/tools/isobuild/bundler.js:2526:7)
    at ServerTarget.write (/tools/isobuild/bundler.js:2781:13)
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:2949:30
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3088:11
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3083:26
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3456:22
    at Object.capture (/tools/utils/buildmessage.js:283:5)
    at bundle (/tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3262:31)
    at /tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3205:32
    at Slot.withValue (/Users/me/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.2.16.0.14ikht8.k8j++os.osx.arm64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.arm64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/@wry/context/lib/context.esm.js:69:29)
    at Object.withCache (/Users/me/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.2.16.0.14ikht8.k8j++os.osx.arm64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.arm64/tools/fs/tools/fs/files.ts:1543:39)
    at Object.bundle (/tools/isobuild/bundler.js:3205:16)
    at /tools/runners/run-app.js:579:24
    at Function.run (/Users/me/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.2.16.0.14ikht8.k8j++os.osx.arm64+web.browser+web.browser.legacy+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.arm64/tools/tool-env/tools/tool-env/profile.ts:289:14)
    at bundleApp (/tools/runners/run-app.js:578:34)
    at AppRunner._runOnce (/tools/runners/run-app.js:625:35)
    at AppRunner._fiber (/tools/runners/run-app.js:947:28)
    at /tools/runners/run-app.js:408:12
2

I found that the symlinks point to expected peer dependencies, so I ran these 2 commands to get my app building again:

meteor npm i -D sha.js
meteor npm i -D miller-rabin
3

I am facing the same problem after deleting my node_modules folder and trying to run npm i once again. How did you find out which packages were needed? And why does it happen in the first place?

4

The first line of the error pointed to the missing file, so I just installed the missing package from NPM again.

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5

Thanks. I got it working now by doing a meteor npm update.