Different build results with --prod vs --prod --aot

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If I’m not mistaken, the Ahead of Time Compilation is currently enabled by default in ng build when run with --prod (as the documentation says).

However, apparently running ng build --prod and ng build --prod --aot leads to different results for me.

➜ ng build --prod --aot 10% building modules 3/3 modules 0 activeWarning: Can’t resolve all parameters for SpecificContentService in /path/to/specific-content.service.ts: ([object Object], ?). This will become an error in Angular v6.x 11% building modules 16/19 modules 3 active …path/to/src/assets/scss/main.scssWarning: Can’t resolve all parameters for SpecificContentService in /path/to/specific-content.service.ts: ([object Object], ?). This will become an error in Angular v6.x Warning: Can’t resolve all parameters for SpecificContentService in /path/to/specific-content.service.ts: ([object Object], ?). This will become an error in Angular v6.x Date: 2018-08-16T13:42:36.042Z Hash: 9af835d2f0354778401c Time: 45325ms chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 2.36 MB [initial] [rendered] chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 251 kB [initial] [rendered] chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 5.22 kB [entry] [rendered] chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 425 kB [initial] [rendered] chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 8.91 MB [initial] [rendered]

➜ ng build --prod

Date: 2018-08-16T13:45:37.414Z Hash: d950717427a9e25c7306 Time: 21065ms chunk {main} main.js, main.js.map (main) 878 kB [initial] [rendered] chunk {polyfills} polyfills.js, polyfills.js.map (polyfills) 251 kB [initial] [rendered] chunk {runtime} runtime.js, runtime.js.map (runtime) 5.22 kB [entry] [rendered] chunk {styles} styles.js, styles.js.map (styles) 425 kB [initial] [rendered] chunk {vendor} vendor.js, vendor.js.map (vendor) 7.29 MB [initial] [rendered]

As you can notice from the output, not only the bundle sizes are different but I even got warnings when using --prod --aot that I normally don’t get.

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- [ ] help
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- [ ] doc

Versions

Angular CLI: 6.1.3 Node: 8.10.0 OS: linux x64 Angular: 6.1.2 … animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms … http, language-service, platform-browser … platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version

@angular-devkit/architect 0.7.3 @angular-devkit/build-angular 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.6.8 @angular-devkit/core 0.7.3 @angular-devkit/schematics 0.7.3 @angular/cli 6.1.3 @ngtools/webpack 6.0.8 @schematics/angular 0.7.3 @schematics/update 0.7.3 rxjs 6.2.2 typescript 2.9.2 webpack 4.8.3

Repro steps

Run an Angular project with ng build --prod and compare its console output with ng build --prod --aot.

Desired functionality

The behaviour should be the same.

[clydin]

--prod is an alias for --configuration=production and will use the settings defined within the production configuration for the project. If aot is not enabled within the configuration it will not enabled when build is run with the --prod option. If the aot option is in fact enabled within the production configuration, please provide the project’s angular.json file for further analysis.

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