Not able to start when add next-logger

[dkleber89]

When i add next-logger to my Project im not able to start nextjs anymore:

> cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='-r next-logger' next start

Der Befehl "next-logger" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden.
events.js:352
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn next-logger ENOENT
    at notFoundError (C:\Projekte\Mobility.Portal.Web\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:6:26)
    at verifyENOENT (C:\Projekte\Mobility.Portal.Web\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:40:16)
    at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\Projekte\Mobility.Portal.Web\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:27:25)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at ChildProcess.cp.emit (C:\Projekte\Mobility.Portal.Web\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:30:37)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12) {
  code: 'ENOENT',
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn next-logger',
  path: 'next-logger',
  spawnargs: [ 'next', 'start' ]
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! mobility.portal.web@1.0.0 start: `cross-env NODE_OPTIONS='-r next-logger' next start`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the mobility.portal.web@1.0.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Projekte\_npm\_logs\2021-09-21T07_33_23_675Z-debug.log

Used Versions:
"next": "^11.1.2",
"next-logger": "^2.1.1",

OS:
Windows for dev and later Alpine Linux Kubernetes Container

What do im wrong?

[dkleber89]

When i use the same in Alpine Linux Container it works like expected

[atkinchris]

Thanks for raising this - I don't develop natively on Windows (always through WSL or macOS), so I hadn't run into it before.

To rule out interference from cross-env or cross-spawn, please can you see if the following works for you as a test?

set NODE_OPTIONS="-r next-logger"

npx next start
# ...or whichever script you have aliases to "next start"
# e.g. npm run start

[dkleber89]

When i set NODE_OPTIONS directly then it works as expected.

Maybe there is a Problem with cross-env ... but can´t find out what it is ... the other env variables working fine with the cross-env

[cahaseler]

I'm also interested in using this to develop on Windows without having to ask my team to manually set config vars. Happy to help test if you have ideas.

[atkinchris]

@cahaseler - the library needs to be loaded into the Node environment before any other code, including Next.js. The fastest way is to use NODE_OPTIONS to require a module into the environment before starting Next.js' CLI - and environment variables are needed for this.

Alternatively, you could write a tiny script that requires next-logger and then the Next.js' CLI - and then run this, instead of the Next.js CLI. For example:

require('next-logger')
require('next/dist/bin/next')

node next.js

[laggingreflex]

This seems to be an issue with cross-env: #143, #248.

PS: I've just fixed this in my library laggingreflex/win-node-env#8 which is an alternative to cross-env.

[atkinchris]

I'm going to close this, as an issue with cross-env. If it turns out to be this library, please re-open this.