Can't create UMD build which can be required by Node

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

bug

What is the current behavior?

If you require a module in the target output UMD you get this error:

ReferenceError: window is not defined
    at Object.<anonymous> (/mnt/c/Users/foo/webpack-umd-node/dist/main.js:1:272)

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

• https://github.com/donaldpipowitch/webpack-umd-node
• $ git clone [e-mail]:donaldpipowitch/webpack-umd-node.git && cd webpack-umd-node && yarn && yarn build && yarn test

What is the expected behavior?

You shouldn’t see a ReferenceError.

If this is a feature request, what is motivation or use case for changing the behavior?

Please mention other relevant information such as the browser version, Node.js version, webpack version, and Operating System.

Node v8.9.4, webpack v4.0.0-beta.2

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According to https://webpack.js.org/configuration/output/#module-definition-systems the UMD build should not include window.

[bhovhannes]

Setting globalObject: 'typeof self !== \'undefined\' ? self : this' produces exactly the same UMD header as in WebPack 3

[donaldpipowitch]

With target: 'node' it throws Uncaught ReferenceError: global is not defined if the UMD build is loaded in the browser 😄

globalObject: 'this' works for Node and the browser. Is this a new setting? I haven’t seen it before. Is this the right way to do it or is it a bug that I need to do that? I’ll update my linked example.