Gulp dependencies not found

[timbergus]

I have this issue also open (well, now closed but not fixed) in Gulp's GitHub repo. The problem is that Gulp has stopped working in recent IO versions (I am using Windows 8.1 and Gulp 3.9.0, and I have just updated to io.js 2.3.0). The error message is:

Cannot find module 'clone'

And the full log is:

Error: Cannot find module 'clone'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:332:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:282:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:361:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gulp-util\node_modules\vinyl\index.js:2:13)
    at Module._compile (module.js:426:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:444:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:351:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:306:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:361:17)

I have completely removed all my global modules and even used npm cache clean. I have reinstalled the modules with my user and as administrator. I have done it globally and in my project directory and nothing happens. The error is still there.

I have installed gulp with an older version of io.js (to avoid npm problems) and then, I have try to run gulp with the following versions of io.js (without reinstalling gulp) and the result has been the following:

• iojs-v2.0.2-x64 --> working
• iojs-v2.1.0-x64 --> working
• iojs-v2.2.0-x64 --> failed
• iojs-v2.2.1-x64 --> failed
• iojs-v2.3.0-x64 --> failed

Right now I am using iojs-v2.1.0-x64 and it works just fine.

Could you please help me?

Thanks

[targos]

Can you please provide the test that generates this error?

I have no problem with the following commands:

D:\Documents\Test>iojs -v
v2.2.1

D:\Documents\Test>gulp -v
[09:45:28] CLI version 3.9.0
[09:45:28] Local version 3.9.0

D:\Documents\Test>gulp
[09:45:41] No gulpfile found

[ChALkeR]

Could be related to #1801 maybe?

[timbergus]

As soon as I return home. There I have my PC. But the test was just change the io.js version installed. Gulp command worked on 2.1.0 but not in 2.2.0 and following (without doing any further modifications in gulp installation). I will try to check it deeply at home.

[timbergus]

I will check it ChALkeR, thanks to both of you.

[timbergus]

It seems to be, because there is a similar error with Require error with [email protected] #43 and also with Undeclared dependency on "clone" causes npm install to fail #1871... I will try to double check this changes at home.

[ChALkeR]

@bnoordhuis

[ChALkeR]

I will try to debug this later today.
Please, share a testcase.

[timbergus]

Using Windows 8.1 (because it works on Mac), just install iojs-v2.1.0-x64 and then Gulp. If you use gulp inside this project, it will work. Now update to iojs-v2.3.0-x64 and try to launch gulp again. It won't work. The project I have been using is a simple React example: https://gitlab.com/timbergus/reactTut01.git.

[ChALkeR]

Ah, this is Windows-specific. Sorry, can't test this, I do not have a Windows machine.

[ChALkeR]

Is the first step (installing gulp with io.js v2.1.0) needed, or you could install gulp with v2.3.0 and it's still broken?

[timbergus]

I have tried both combinations. It seems that in node_modules inside vinyl, after the installation, the clone component appears, but v2.3.0 cannot find it. But if I install again v2.1.0, no matter who installed the gulp component, it works again. I'm not sure the gulp installation is the problem. It's more the way v2.3.0 and v2.1.0 access the files inside node_modules. Being the module there, v2.1.0 finds it, while v2.3.0 can't.

[ChALkeR]

Is that reproducible with just the gulp-util module (without gulp)? With just the vinyl module (without gulp and gulp-util)?

[timbergus]

You mean downloading them separately and replacing the ones that gulpdownloads, or using them as independent modules inside the project without calling gulp? I will try as soon as I arrive home.

[vkurchatkin]

Since it's windows specific I suspect that it has something to do with paths being too long

[timbergus]

Could be since there is no problem with Mac, but it's weird because it should not work with v2.1.0 either. The module is the same for both versions.

[silverwind]

Fixed by 671e64a

[timbergus]

Thanks a lot @silverwind and you guys.

[Tallyb]

For all its worth - i had similar and fixed with updating gulp: npm update gulp -g