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Angular cli 5 AOT gives Module not found can't resolve .ngfactory

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Type of Issue

[X] Bug Report
[ ] Feature Request

Description

When building bundle with ng-packagr, installing it in Angular 5 app and then trying to AOT the application, the compiler throws the error that it’s not able to find the referenced module.

How To Reproduce

“ng-packagr -p ng-package.json” bundle and npm publish
Install on new Angular 5 app (i.e. npm install)
Using ngTools webpack 1.8.0 AOT the application
Get errror. Example:

Expected Behaviour

Should not display message since bundle is already build

Version Information

ng-packagr: v2.0.0-rc.0
node: v8.8.1
@angular: v5.0.1
rxjs: v5.5.2
zone.js: v0.8.18
typescript: v2.6.1

Workaround: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/8284#issuecomment-341417325

Which is to include the library in the Include files of the tsconfig compilation

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:8 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

4reactions

macjohnnycommented, Nov 17, 2017

removing "rootDir": "./src", from the tsconfig.json resolved the problem for us

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