Truffle: Error: Could not set `null` as the transaction hash (deploying with `{overwrite: false}` )

[elie222]

Any ideas why this is happening in Truffle 4.1.0?

⚡ truffle test
Using network 'development'.

Error: Could not set `null` as the transaction hash for COT

COT inherits from StandardToken and doesn't do much else.

Environment

• Operating System: OSX
• Ethereum client:
• Truffle version (truffle version): Truffle v4.1.0 (core: 4.1.0) Solidity v0.4.19 (solc-js)
• node version (node --version): v8.4.0
• npm version (npm --version): 5.7.1

[elie222]

This may well be a bug with Truffle. I got things working by removing: overwrite: false from my deploy code.

[cgewecke]

@elie222 Could you link to or show the code that results in this error, including the 'deploy code'? It would also be helpful if you provided steps to reproduce it.

[cgewecke]

@elie222 I'm going to close this because it's quite difficult from your issue description to tell what state your contracts are in when this error occurs. Feel free to re-open when you can provide more detail.

[elie222]

Just ran into this same issue again unfortunately. Funny how when I googled it this was the top response :(

This is a sample of some of the problematic code:

        .deploy(Token, TokenFactory.address, { overwrite: false })
        .then(function() {
          return Token.deployed()
        })

[elie222]

Again the solution was to get rid of { overwrite: false }, but this really wasn't ideal for me. Had to put the code into a single file to do this when I really wanted it in two separate files.

[kriskelly]

I'm also seeing this issue when using {overwrite: false} in my deploy code. I've verified that it deploys fine without that option.

Using Truffle v4.1.3, Solidity v0.4.19

[JackPickering]

Deploying code in separate files is not an option for me, my codebase is too big to deploy at once and therefore, I need to be able to deploy in stages. Is there a valid work around for this?

It is the same error with me, I have {overwrite: false} in my contracts and libraries as like I said, I cant deploy all of my code at once.

Migrations 1:

var BytesDeserializer = artifacts.require("BytesDeserializer");
var StagesLib = artifacts.require("SaleStagesLib");

module.exports = async function(deployer, network, accounts) {
  deployer.deploy(StagesLib, {overwrite: false});
  deployer.deploy(BytesDeserializer, {overwrite: false});
};

Migrations 2:

var PickToken = artifacts.require("PickToken");

module.exports = async function(deployer, network, accounts) {
  deployer.deploy(PickToken, {overwrite: false});
};

Migrations 3 (I've cut the variables out to keep it short):

var BytesDeserializer = artifacts.require("BytesDeserializer");
var StagesLib = artifacts.require("SaleStagesLib");
var KYCCrowdsale = artifacts.require("KYCCrowdsale");
var PickCrowdsale = artifacts.require("PickCrowdsale");
var PickToken = artifacts.require("PickToken");

module.exports = async function(deployer, network, accounts) {
  var sale;

  deployer.deploy(StagesLib, {overwrite: false});
  deployer.link(StagesLib, KYCCrowdsale);
  deployer.deploy(BytesDeserializer, {overwrite: false});
  deployer.link(BytesDeserializer, KYCCrowdsale);

  deployer.deploy(PickToken, {overwrite: false}).then(function() {
    return deployer.deploy(KYCCrowdsale, startTime, endTime, rate, wallet, beneficiary, buyer, founders, bounty, softCap, hardCap, PickToken.address);
  });
};

Full trace of error:

Running migration: 5_deploy_sale.js
  Didn't deploy SaleStagesLib; using 0xa9f811240dd92dab3267855dbe8051743c95b513
  Linking SaleStagesLib to KYCCrowdsale
Error encountered, bailing. Network state unknown. Review successful transactions manually.

Error: Could not set `null` as the transaction hash for SaleStagesLib
    at Function.set (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-contract/contract.js:785:1)
    at Function.setter (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-contract/contract.js:664:1)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-deployer/src/actions/deploy.js:38:1
    at <anonymous>

However, when I look into SaleStagesLib.json in the build folder, I see this at the bottom of the file:

  },
  "networks": {
    "4447": {
      "events": {},
      "links": {},
      "address": "0xb848ef765e289762e9be66a38006ddc4d23aef24",
      "transactionHash": "0x59568ee46af081be8b969e7e5a8657715cfb718cc19046b2aaaeaa92e2a9d659"
    }
  },
  "schemaVersion": "2.0.0",
  "updatedAt": "2018-03-22T13:56:33.620Z"

Strangely enough, the contents of /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/ are:

drwxr-xr-x   9 jackpickering  admin       288 22 Mar 09:50 .
drwxr-xr-x  16 jackpickering  admin       512 22 Mar 09:50 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 jackpickering  admin     45928  8 Mar 02:35 Assert.sol
-rw-r--r--   1 jackpickering  admin       217  8 Mar 02:35 SafeSend.sol
-rw-r--r--   1 jackpickering  admin   4362435  8 Mar 02:35 chain.bundled.js
-rw-r--r--   1 jackpickering  admin   5195071  8 Mar 02:35 chain.bundled.js.map
-rwxr-xr-x   1 jackpickering  admin  12255482 22 Mar 09:50 cli.bundled.js
-rw-r--r--   1 jackpickering  admin  14912833  8 Mar 02:35 cli.bundled.js.map
drwxr-xr-x   6 jackpickering  admin       192 22 Mar 09:50 templates

With no webpack, so I cant find the line of code that throws the error.

[cgewecke]

@JackPickering Thanks, re-opening. Will look into this and see what's going wrong . . .

[cgewecke]

@elie222 @JackPickering Apologies, it looks we introduced this bug in 4.0.7. Have opened a PR at truffle-contract (ref above) which will hopefully resolve this. Should be included in a patch release scheduled for early next week.

[gnidan]

Fix for this has been released in Truffle v4.1.6. Closing for issue maintenance. Let us know if the problem persists! Thanks!

[eepstein]

That's not a patch. That's a new release with other things changed. Borked.