Ionic-framework: [Ionic v4] Build with --prod flag produces -> TypeError: Cannot read property 'minify' of undefined

[H4ad]

Bug Report

Ionic version:
[x] 4.x

Current behavior:
The problem occurs when executing the command "ionic cordova build android " with the flag --prod, if it runs without the flag, no error occurs.

Expected behavior:
The APK generate with success.

Steps to reproduce:
The error occurs when you run the following command:

ionic cordova build android --prod.

Generates:

...
chunk {cordova} cordova.935a9f4e1f7afeca168d.js (cordova) 71.6 kB [entry] [rendered]

ERROR in common.00974306b5124fe008c9.js from Terser
TypeError: Cannot read property 'minify' of undefined
    at minify (/home/vini/projects/minify-error/node_modules/terser-webpack-plugin/dist/minify.js:175:23)
    at module.exports (/home/vini/projects/minify-error/node_modules/terser-webpack-plugin/dist/worker.js:13:40)
    at handle (/home/vini/projects/minify-error/node_modules/worker-farm/lib/child/index.js:44:8)
    at process.<anonymous> (/home/vini/projects/minify-error/node_modules/worker-farm/lib/child/index.js:51:3)
    at process.emit (events.js:197:13)
    at emit (internal/child_process.js:828:12)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/next_tick.js:76:17)
...

Related code:

Repository with the code that generates the error:

https://github.com/H4ad/minify-errors/

Other information:

Ionic info:

Ionic:

   ionic (Ionic CLI)             : 4.6.0 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
   Ionic Framework               : @ionic/angular 4.0.0
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.12.4
   @angular-devkit/schematics    : 7.2.4
   @angular/cli                  : 7.2.4
   @ionic/angular-toolkit        : 1.3.0

Cordova:

   cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.1.2 ([email protected])
   Cordova Platforms     : android 7.1.4
   Cordova Plugins       : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.1.3, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 3.1.1, (and 4 other plugins)

System:

   Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1 (/home/vini/Android/Sdk/)
   NodeJS            : v11.8.0 (/usr/bin/node)
   npm               : 6.7.0
   OS                : Linux 4.15

[grantperry]

https://github.com/webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin/issues/66#issue-406001469

[almothafar]

Look at workarounds here:
https://github.com/terser-js/terser/pull/254#issuecomment-460008665

[H4ad]

I fix the problem with:
https://github.com/webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin/issues/66#issuecomment-460047754

[brandyscarney]

The build command is from Angular, this seems to be a problem with the terser version. Here's an Angular CLI issue for it, please follow the bug here: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/13582.

[brandyscarney]

I am going to close this as it looks like the linked issue has been fixed, thanks!

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