Dear Maintainer,

Recently Ubuntu resolute updated webpack from 5.97.1+dfsg1+~cs11.18.27-3 to 5.97.1+dfsg1+~cs11.18.27-4
and this caused a FTBFS on lemonade, which uses webpack at build time.

lemonade has an in-progress ITP for Debian, and it's expected it would have caused a problem there as well.

Here is the snippet from 5.97.1+dfsg1+~cs11.18.27-3:
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cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/web-app-src && NODE_PATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/web-app-overlay:/usr/share/nodejs:/usr/lib/nodejs:/usr/share/javascript \
 WEBPACK_OUTPUT_PATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-x86_64-linux-gnu/resources/web-app \
 /usr/bin/webpack --mode production --config /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/webpack.debian.js
assets by chunk 129 KiB (auxiliary name: main)
  asset favicon.ico 124 KiB [emitted] [from: assets/favicon.ico] (auxiliary name: main)
  asset ecd3a2194d527cfbf0bc.svg 4.78 KiB [emitted] [immutable] [from: assets/logo.svg] (auxiliary name: main)
  asset 17cee29b74474d09befe.svg 235 bytes [emitted] [immutable] [from: assets/chevron-down-white.svg] (auxiliary name: main)
  asset 17f77bd3eba94d044d8a.svg 235 bytes [emitted] [immutable] [from: assets/chevron-down-light.svg] (auxiliary name: main)
  asset 3c078649406e08706f5a.svg 235 bytes [emitted] [immutable] [from: assets/chevron-down-gray.svg] (auxiliary name: main)
asset renderer.bundle.js 1.79 MiB [emitted] [minimized] [big] (name: main) 1 related asset
asset index.html 607 bytes [emitted]
runtime modules 2.57 KiB 8 modules
modules by path ../../../../../usr/share/nodejs/ 2.49 MiB 303 modules
modules by path ./ 603 KiB (javascript) 129 KiB (asset) 65 modules
modules by path ../../../../../usr/share/javascript/ 306 KiB
  modules by path ../../../../../usr/share/javascript/util/ 27.8 KiB 3 modules
  + 3 modules
modules by path ../../debian/web-app-overlay/katex/ 24.6 KiB
  ../../debian/web-app-overlay/katex/index.js 66 bytes [built] [code generated]
  ../../debian/web-app-overlay/katex/dist/katex.min.css 1.35 KiB [built] [code generated]
  ../../../../../usr/share/nodejs/css-loader/dist/cjs.js??ruleSet[1].rules[0].use[1]!../../debian/web-app-overlay/katex/dist/katex.min.css 23.2 KiB [built] [code generated]
url (ignored) 15 bytes [built] [code generated]
https (ignored) 15 bytes [built] [code generated]
http (ignored) 15 bytes [built] [code generated]
data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%27.. 273 bytes [built] [code generated]

WARNING in asset size limit: The following asset(s) exceed the recommended size limit (244 KiB).
This can impact web performance.
Assets:
  renderer.bundle.js (1.79 MiB)

WARNING in entrypoint size limit: The following entrypoint(s) combined asset size exceeds the recommended limit (244 KiB). This can impact web performance.
Entrypoints:
  main (1.79 MiB)
      renderer.bundle.js

WARNING in webpack performance recommendations:
You can limit the size of your bundles by using import() or require.ensure to lazy load some parts of your application.
For more info visit https://webpack.js.org/guides/code-splitting/

webpack 5.97.1 compiled with 3 warnings in 12708 ms
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Full log: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/854117584/buildlog_ubuntu-resolute-amd64.lemonade_10.0.0-1ubuntu2_BUILDING.txt.gz

Here is the snippet from 5.97.1+dfsg1+~cs11.18.27-4:
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cd /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-aarch64-linux-gnu/web-app-src && NODE_PATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/web-app-overlay:/usr/share/nodejs:/usr/lib/nodejs:/usr/share/javascript \
 WEBPACK_OUTPUT_PATH=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/obj-aarch64-linux-gnu/resources/web-app \
 /usr/bin/webpack --mode production --config /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/debian/webpack.debian.js
[webpack-cli] Error: Too many arguments. Expected 0 arguments but got 4.
[webpack-cli] Run 'webpack --help' to see available commands and options
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Full log: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/854473552/buildlog_ubuntu-resolute-arm64.lemonade_10.0.0-1ubuntu3_BUILDING.txt.gz

Here is the debian/rules for lemonade:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/lemonade/-/blob/debian/latest/debian/rules?ref_type=heads#L26

So it seems like the CLI interface for webpack changed and no longer can take arguments?

Le 31/03/2026 à 20:39, Mario Limonciello a écrit :

Hi,

This version no more exist on Debian (patch for commander 14) and was
never in testing: it has been replaced by an update to
5.105.4+dfsg1+~cs15.13.23-2 before testing migration. This version
embeds webpack-cli 7 which depends on commander 14.

I added a test that proves that the bug doesn't exist into version
5.105.4+dfsg1+~cs15.13.23-3.

Best regards,
Xavier

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
node-webpack, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1132425@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Xavier Guimard <yadd@debian.org> (supplier of updated node-webpack package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:49:17 +0200
Source: node-webpack
Built-For-Profiles: nocheck
Architecture: source
Version: 5.105.4+dfsg1+~cs15.13.23-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers <pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Xavier Guimard <yadd@debian.org>
Closes: 1132425
Changes:
 node-webpack (5.105.4+dfsg1+~cs15.13.23-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload
   * Declare compliance with policy 4.7.4
   * Require node-commander >= 14
   * Add autopkgtest to verify CLI arguments work (Closes: #1132425)
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Thanks, I can confirm updating fixes the issue.  Sorry for the noise.