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Error When Compiling Contracts

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Issue

I type this command in the directory of my contract: truffle compile

And I get this error:

C:\Users\nick\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\truffle-core\cli.js:93
          let removedInfo = new RegExp(identifyingInfo, "g");
^
SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /C:\Users\nick\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\/: \ at end of pattern
    at new RegExp (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\nick\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\build\webpack:\packages\truffle-core\cli.js:93:1)
    at cb (util.js:353:39)
    at callbackifyOnRejected (util.js:337:10)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

What do I do to fix this?

Expected Behavior

I expect the command to compile my contracts.

Environment

Truffle v5.0.7 (core: 5.0.7) Solidity - 0.5.5 (solc-js) Node v10.15.3

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:17 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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fainashaltscommented, Mar 11, 2019

@PizBernina @mudgen I have fixed this, it should be live in our next release. @mudgen’s fix should take care of it in the short term. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

@PizBernina, the reason you saw this happen in a different command is because the regex error only throws inside of another error. So you likely had an error in your migration somewhere. Once the regex is fixed you’ll be able to see what the actual error was.

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fainashaltscommented, Mar 13, 2019

This issue is fixed as of v5.0.8. Closing, thank you for finding and reporting it!