Webpack gives error while bundling modules having "main", "module" or "js:next" attributes set to "." in their package.json

[webpack-bot]

Let us assume I am using a module named do-something in my package.json as a dependency. This module has package.json with entry attributes like

"main": ".",
"module": ".",
"jsnext:main": ".",

While doing bundling for this module through webpack, I get this error
Module not found: Error: Recursion in resolving

I am in an assumption that, the "main": "." attribute path will resolve to "main": "index.js"
I am suspecting webpack is calling do-something module folder again and again.

I investigated more and it is coming from enhanced-resolve package that webpack uses for resolving paths. I use webpack major version 2 "webpack": "^2.4.0"

But I have tried with the latest webpack version as well, it still does not work. Is there a way in webpack to bundle these kinds of dependent modules?

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This issue was moved from webpack/webpack#6026 by @sokra. Orginal issue was by @aakashkharche04.

Looks like a bug.

[benderTheCrime]

+1 on this @sokra. I've had a similar problem recently with the Jest ecosystem. My thoughts on this are that, at very least, if the target for bundling is "node," Webpack should support all of the quirks of the NodeJS module resolver.

[eaviles]

I just reported this issue in Jest too.
jestjs/jest#5088

[ljharb]

./ is something that node understands; it's absurd that webpack doesn't handle it, for all targets.

What would it take to get this fixed?