#1140984 ipywidgets: FTBFS: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')

#1140984#5
Date:
2026-06-28 20:51:17 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer:

During a rebuild of all packages in unstable, this package failed to build.

Below you will find the last part of the build log (probably the most
relevant part, but not necessarily). If required, the full build log
is available here:

https://people.debian.org/~sanvila/build-logs/202606/

About the archive rebuild: The build was made on virtual machines from AWS,
using sbuild and a reduced chroot with only build-essential packages.

If you cannot reproduce the bug please contact me privately, as I
am willing to provide ssh access to a virtual machine where the bug is
fully reproducible.

If this is really a bug in one of the build-depends, please use
reassign and add an affects on src:ipywidgets, so that this is still
visible in the BTS web page for this package.

Thanks.
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[...]
 debian/rules clean
dh clean
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_clean
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_clean --buildsystem=nodejs
/!\ examples/embed-amd/package.json not found
Unable to load examples/embed-amd
./lerna.json found

workspaces field found in package.json

Found debian/nodejs/additional_components
Adding component(s): packages/base
Adding component(s): packages/base-manager
Adding component(s): packages/controls

[... snipped ...]


        See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self._finalize_license_expression()
running config
PYBUILD_NAME=widgetsnbextension dh_auto_configure --buildsystem=pybuild -- --dir python/widgetsnbextension
	pybuild --configure -i python{version} -p "3.13 3.14" --dir python/widgetsnbextension --parallel=2
I: pybuild base:385: python3.13 setup.py config
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py:4: FutureWarning: The 'wheel' package is no longer the canonical location of the 'bdist_wheel' command, and will be removed in a future release. Please update to setuptools v70.1 or later which contains an integrated version of this command.
  warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

        License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License

        See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self._finalize_license_expression()
running config
I: pybuild base:385: python3.14 setup.py config
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py:4: FutureWarning: The 'wheel' package is no longer the canonical location of the 'bdist_wheel' command, and will be removed in a future release. Please update to setuptools v70.1 or later which contains an integrated version of this command.
  warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

        License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License

        See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self._finalize_license_expression()
running config
PYBUILD_NAME=ipywidgets         dh_auto_configure --buildsystem=pybuild -- --dir python/ipywidgets
	pybuild --configure -i python{version} -p "3.13 3.14" --dir python/ipywidgets --parallel=2
I: pybuild base:385: python3.13 setup.py config
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

        License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License

        See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self._finalize_license_expression()
running config
I: pybuild base:385: python3.14 setup.py config
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

        License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License

        See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self._finalize_license_expression()
running config
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
	rm -f debian/python-ipywidgets-doc.debhelper.log debian/python3-ipywidgets.debhelper.log debian/python3-jupyterlab-widgets.debhelper.log debian/python3-widgetsnbextension.debhelper.log
   debian/rules override_dh_auto_build
make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
dh_auto_build --buildsystem=nodejs
/!\ examples/embed-amd/package.json not found
Unable to load examples/embed-amd
./lerna.json found

workspaces field found in package.json

Found debian/nodejs/additional_components
Adding component(s): packages/base
Adding component(s): packages/base-manager
Adding component(s): packages/controls
Adding component(s): packages/html-manager
Adding component(s): packages/output
Adding component(s): python/widgetsnbextension
Adding component(s): python/jupyterlab_widgets
No build command found, searching known files
Found debian/nodejs/packages/base/build
	cd ./packages/base && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/packages/base/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build

Found debian/nodejs/packages/base-manager/build
	cd ./packages/base-manager && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/packages/base-manager/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build

Found debian/nodejs/packages/controls/build
	cd ./packages/controls && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/packages/controls/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build

Found debian/nodejs/packages/output/build
	cd ./packages/output && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/packages/output/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build

Found debian/nodejs/python/widgetsnbextension/build
	cd ./python/widgetsnbextension && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/python/widgetsnbextension/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build
orphan modules 547 KiB [orphan] 225 modules
runtime modules 1.76 KiB 9 modules
modules by path ../../ 2.38 MiB
  modules by path ../../../../../usr/share/nodejs/ 1.67 MiB 242 modules
  modules by path ../../packages/ 653 KiB 15 modules
  ../../../../../usr/share/javascript/backbone/backbone.js 76.3 KiB [built] [code generated]
modules by path ./ 32.1 KiB
  modules by path ./src/ 31.4 KiB 7 modules
  ./amd-public-path.js 647 bytes [built] [code generated]
  ./terminal-highlight (ignored) 15 bytes [built] [code generated]
+ 6 modules

WARNING in configuration
The 'mode' option has not been set, webpack will fallback to 'production' for this value.
Set 'mode' option to 'development' or 'production' to enable defaults for each environment.
You can also set it to 'none' to disable any default behavior. Learn more: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/mode/

WARNING in asset size limit: The following asset(s) exceed the recommended size limit (244 KiB).
This can impact web performance.
Assets:
  extension.js (954 KiB)

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 (954 KiB)
      extension.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 5.107.2 compiled with 4 warnings in 5854 ms
Found debian/nodejs/python/jupyterlab_widgets/build
	cd ./python/jupyterlab_widgets && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/python/jupyterlab_widgets/build
+ pkgjs-install-minimal
+ pkgjs-run build:lib
Fail to get yarn configuration. Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Fail to get yarn configuration. Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Building extension in .

Compilation starting…

HookWebpackError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')
    at makeWebpackError (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/errors/HookWebpackError.js:80:9)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:3597:12
    at eval (eval at create (/usr/share/nodejs/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:31:10), <anonymous>:23:1)
    at fn (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:641:17)
    at _next1 (eval at create (/usr/share/nodejs/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:31:10), <anonymous>:21:1)
    at eval (eval at create (/usr/share/nodejs/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:31:10), <anonymous>:37:1)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:104:5)
-- inner error --
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.getActualFilename (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:61:42)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.internalCallback (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:37:35)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:21:9)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:20:39
    at WebpackChunkModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackChunkModuleIterator.js:42:21)
    at PluginChunkReadHandler.processChunk (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:19:29)
    at _loop_1 (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:135:37)
    at WebpackCompilerHandler.iterateChunks (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:160:17)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:50:31
    at fn (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:639:10)
caused by plugins in Compilation.hooks.processAssets
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.getActualFilename (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:61:42)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.internalCallback (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:37:35)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:21:9)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:20:39
    at WebpackChunkModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackChunkModuleIterator.js:42:21)
    at PluginChunkReadHandler.processChunk (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:19:29)
    at _loop_1 (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:135:37)
    at WebpackCompilerHandler.iterateChunks (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:160:17)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:50:31
    at fn (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:639:10)
/usr/share/nodejs/@jupyterlab/builder/lib/build-labextension.js:106
            throw new Error(err.details);
                  ^

Error: caused by plugins in Compilation.hooks.processAssets
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.getActualFilename (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:61:42)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.internalCallback (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:37:35)
    at WebpackInnerModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackInnerModuleIterator.js:21:9)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:20:39
    at WebpackChunkModuleIterator.iterateModules (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackChunkModuleIterator.js:42:21)
    at PluginChunkReadHandler.processChunk (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/PluginChunkReadHandler.js:19:29)
    at _loop_1 (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:135:37)
    at WebpackCompilerHandler.iterateChunks (/usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:160:17)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/license-webpack-plugin/dist/WebpackCompilerHandler.js:50:31
    at fn (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:639:10)
    at compilerCallback (/usr/share/nodejs/@jupyterlab/builder/lib/build-labextension.js:106:19)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/@jupyterlab/builder/lib/build-labextension.js:148:21
    at /usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/MultiCompiler.js:716:5
    at /usr/share/nodejs/neo-async/async.js:2830:7
    at done (/usr/share/nodejs/neo-async/async.js:2865:11)
    at /usr/share/nodejs/neo-async/async.js:2818:7
    at /usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/errors/HookWebpackError.js:101:2
    at Hook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/usr/share/nodejs/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:31:10), <anonymous>:6:1)
    at Hook.CALL_ASYNC_DELEGATE [as _callAsync] (/usr/share/nodejs/tapable/lib/Hook.js:21:14)
    at Cache.shutdown (/usr/share/nodejs/webpack/lib/Cache.js:179:23)

Node.js v24.18.0
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py:56: UserWarning: An error occurred.
  warnings.warn("An error occurred.")
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py:57: UserWarning: subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['node', '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/python/jupyterlab_widgets/node_modules/@jupyterlab/builder/lib/build-labextension.js', '--core-path', '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyterlab/staging', '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/python/jupyterlab_widgets']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
  warnings.warn(msg[-1].strip())
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/jupyterlab/debuglog.py:58: UserWarning: See the log file for details: /tmp/jupyterlab-debug-_zbobmn8.log
  warnings.warn(f"See the log file for details: {log_path!s}")
dh_auto_build: error: cd ./python/jupyterlab_widgets && sh -ex ../../debian/nodejs/python/jupyterlab_widgets/build returned exit code 1
make[1]: *** [debian/rules:29: override_dh_auto_build] Error 25
make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
make: *** [debian/rules:12: binary] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary subprocess failed with exit status 2
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#1140984#10
Date:
2026-08-02 17:09:34 UTC
From:
To:
reassign 1140984 src:node-license-webpack-plugin 4.0.2-2
affects 1140984 + src:ipywidgets
reassign 1142899 src:node-license-webpack-plugin 4.0.2-2
affects 1142899 + src:jupyter-notebook
reassign 1142900 src:node-license-webpack-plugin 4.0.2-2
affects 1142900 + src:jupyterlab-macaulay2
forcemerge 1140984 1142899 1142900
retitle 1140984 node-license-webpack-plugin: cannot parse ProvideSharedModule identifiers from webpack >= 5.107; breaks all jupyter labextension builds
thanks

These three bugs are all really the same license-webpack-plugin bug:
https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/18984

#1140984#27
Date:
2026-08-02 23:36:58 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
node-license-webpack-plugin, 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 1140984@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Doug Torrance <dtorrance@debian.org> (supplier of updated node-license-webpack-plugin 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: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:14:33 -0400
Source: node-license-webpack-plugin
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 4.0.2-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers <pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Doug Torrance <dtorrance@debian.org>
Closes: 1140984
Changes:
 node-license-webpack-plugin (4.0.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Team upload.
   * debian/patches/webpack-5.107-provide-module.patch
     - New patch; support webpack >= 5.107 "provide module" identifiers
       (Closes: #1140984).
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