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Webpak Build Error

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js, python, webpack
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with the reported traceback in node/tools/npm/runfiles.py at _get_runfiles_dir and rerun the //:bundle target with --verbose_failures to capture the failed command lines. Done means the Bazel build completes successfully without the RunfilesError.

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Description

File "c:\users\rwatts\appdata\local\temp\Bazel.runfiles_s8dqke\runfiles\org_dropbox_rules_node\node\tools\npm\runfiles.py", line 18, in _get_runfiles_dir
    raise RunfilesError('Must be run in Bazel environment')
node.tools.npm.runfiles.RunfilesError: Must be run in Bazel environment
Target //:bundle failed to build
Use --verbose_failures to see the command lines of failed build steps.
INFO: Elapsed time: 4.455s, Critical Path: 0.84s
INFO: 0 processes.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully
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Python
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