No module factory available for dependency type: ContextElementDependency (after update 1.6.8 -> 1.7.0)

Having a build error after update to 1.7.0

No module factory available for dependency type: ContextElementDependency

Versions

ng -v

Angular CLI: 1.7.0 Node: 8.9.1 OS: win32 x64 Angular: 5.2.5 … animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms … http, language-service, platform-browser … platform-browser-dynamic, router

@ angular/cli: 1.7.0 @ angular-devkit/build-optimizer: 0.3.1 @ angular-devkit/core: 0.3.1 @ angular-devkit/schematics: 0.3.1 @ ngtools/json-schema: 1.2.0 @ ngtools/webpack: 1.10.0 @ schematics/angular: 0.3.1 @ schematics/package-update: 0.3.1 typescript: 2.4.2 webpack-dev-server: 2.9.7 webpack: 3.10.0

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P.s.

1. removing node_modules and reinstalling with npm i - didn’t help
2. trying to npm i @angular/cli --save-dev - didn’t help
3. downgrade to 1.6.8 - helped

[adujoseph]

This works just fine for me with angular 6: remove webpack from DevDependencies in Package.json rimraf node_modules/ (remove node_modules folder) rimraf package-lock.json (remove package-lock.json file) npm install -g webpack (install webpack globally) npm install -g webpack-dev-server npm install ng serve or ng build

[GeorgeKnap]

@filipesilva Hi, I’ve seen your explanation over and over but I haven’t been able to build app without explicitly installing webpack in my devDependencies since cli version 1.6 or so. Without webpack I’ve been getting this error Cannot find module 'webpack/lib/node/NodeTemplatePlugin'. That was always fixed by having webpack in devDependencies.

Now after upgrading to RC 6 versions I’m getting exactly same ContextElementDependency error and removing webpack from devDependencies simply causes the NodeTemplatePlugin error again.

I wonder what’s wrong here.

@angular 6.0.0-rc.1
@angular/cli v6.0.0-rc.0
webpack 4.4.1