Previously, when `ngcc` encountered an entry-point with a format-path
that pointed to a non-existing or empty file it would throw an error and
stop processing the remaining tasks.
In the past, we used to ignore such format-paths and continue processing
the rest of the tasks ([see code][1]). This was changed to a hard
failure in 2954d1b5ca. Looking at the code
history, the reason for changing the behavior was an (incorrect)
assumption that the condition could not fail. This assumption failed to
take into account the case where a 3rd-party library has an invalid
format-path in its `package.json`. This is an issue with the library,
but it should not prevent `ngcc` from processing other
packages/entry-points/formats.
This commit fixes this by reporting the task as failed but not throwing
an error, thus allowing `ngcc` to continue processing other tasks.
[1]: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/3077c9a1f89c5bd75fb96c16e/packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/src/main.ts#L124
Fixes #40965
PR Close #40985
Angular Compatibility Compiler (ngcc)
This compiler will convert node_modules compiled with ngc, into node_modules which
appear to have been compiled with ngtsc.
This conversion will allow such "legacy" packages to be used by the Ivy rendering engine.
Building
The project is built using Bazel:
yarn bazel build //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc
Unit Testing
The unit tests are built and run using Bazel:
yarn bazel test //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test
Integration Testing
There are tests that check the behavior of the overall executable:
yarn bazel test //packages/compiler-cli/ngcc/test:integration