Meteor: [1.5] Dynamically import packages not working

[JWo1F]

Hi! If package name like "name:pkg" dynamically import isn't working :(
But if package name is just "pkg" all working okay.

Error:

Exception while invoking method '__dynamicImport' Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/project/.meteor/local/build/programs/web.browser/dynamic/node_modules/meteor/name:pkg/client.js'

But I have file in /home/user/project/.meteor/local/build/programs/web.browser/dynamic/node_modules/meteor/name_pkg/client.js ( name_pkg instead of name:pkg )

P.S: if I rename my package to name-pkg all works correctly.

[abernix]

Thanks for reporting a bug. Providing a reproduction, as requested when opening an issue and in reporting a bug would make it easier to test a fix for this and save someone from having to go to the effort of building a test application. For example, this could be related to what I discussed in https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/7661#issuecomment-263936772 and a reproduction would make it easy to test the fix.

[jamiter]

Running into this same issue. We have like a hundred local packages with : in their names... Renaming the ones we use for dynamic imports, but it ain't nice.

[benjamn]

This was easy enough to reproduce without a formal repro repo, and fortunately could be fixed with a new (patch) version of the dynamic-import package, specifically [email protected]. Running meteor update dynamic-import should fix the problem immediately!

Note (especially @abernix @hwillson): for future reproductions involving dynamic imports, it may be easiest/best for the affected developer to submit a quick PR that adds a failing test to the dynamic-import test app, as I did in the commit you see above.

You can run the dynamic-import test app as a self-test (from a checkout) with ./meteor self-test 'dynamic import', or you can run the app directly (for easier debugging):

cd path/to/meteor/tools/tests/apps/dynamic-import
meteor npm install
meteor test --full-app --driver-package dispatch:mocha-browser