Spence DiNicolantonio created CB-12977:
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Summary: Cordova 7 breaks npm install if any declared plugin
doesn't contain package.json
Key: CB-12977
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-12977
Project: Apache Cordova
Issue Type: Bug
Components: cordova-cli, cordova-plugins
Affects Versions: [email protected]
Environment: OSX 10.12.15, npm 3.10.10, Cordova 7.0.1
Reporter: Spence DiNicolantonio
As of Cordova 7, plugins declared in config.xml are automatically added to
dependencies in _package.json_ on prepare. This limits Cordova 7 projects to
plugins that are also node packages, as the {{npm install}} process will break
if any declared dependency does not contain a valid _package.json_ ([see
related npm error|https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/7232]).
Quite a few functioning Cordova plugins (e.g.
[CordovaClipboard|https://github.com/VersoSolutions/CordovaClipboard],
[PrivacyScreen|https://github.com/Telerik-Verified-Plugins/PrivacyScreen]) live
on GitHub and don't contain a _package.json_. In order to use such plugins in
conjunction with Cordova 7 without breaking `npm install`, we must omit the
plugin declarations from config.xml and commit the contents of the _/plugins_
directory.
To be clear, this is not a malfunction of the Cordova CLI. Rather, this is a
side-effect of the automated mirroring of _config.xml_ and _package.json_
configuration in Cordova 7.
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