v5 breaks yarn install when it is used indirectly by lerna

[svitovyda]

I already posted a bug in wide-align, but maybe you can add a backwards compatibility too:

Your library is used by wide-align, which is used by gauge, which is used by npmlog <- @npmcli/arborist <- lerna.
And a simple yarn upgrade on my project now fails to do yarn install with:

[5/5] 🔨  Building fresh packages...
.../node_modules/wide-align/align.js:2
var stringWidth = require('string-width')
                  ^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module .../node_modules/string-width/index.js from .../node_modules/wide-align/align.js not supported.
Instead change the require of index.js in .../node_modules/wide-align/align.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/wide-align/align.js:2:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/gauge/lib/render-template.js:2:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/gauge/lib/plumbing.js:3:22)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/gauge/lib/index.js:2:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/npmlog/lib/log.js:3:13)
    at libs/core/src/lib/collect-uncommitted.ts (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:48:29)
    at __init (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:11:56)
    at libs/core/src/lib/check-working-tree.ts (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:163:5)
    at __init (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:11:56)
    at libs/core/src/index.ts (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:4516:5)
    at __init (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:11:56)
    at packages/lerna/src/index.ts (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:9511:5)
    at __require (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:14:50)
    at Object.<anonymous> (.../node_modules/lerna/dist/cli.js:9545:3) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'

[sindresorhus]

https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c

[svitovyda]

tbh not very nice to comment me this link, as I'm not a developer who uses your lib directly and cannot fix anything in that tree, except hardcoding versions of indirect libs in resolutions. Like I said, I just did a yarn upgrade in my project, that simply uses lerna, and got blocked for the half of the day by having to investigate all the hidden dependencies

[leolima]

why this thread is closed? it still broken.

[ivanpondal]

just encountered the same error by updating jest. is there another fix besides hardcoding a newer version?

[leolima]

🙌 i'm solved upgrading yarn version to 3.6.1

yarn set version 3.6.1

[qfdk]

Hello all,

I found a solution and would like to share how to resolve it (1.22.22):

0. Don;t need to delete yarn.lock
1. Run yarn why string-width to find the library that uses it as a dependency.
2. Downgrade this library to the version that works, remove node_modules, and then run yarn install to verify it works.
3. Use yarn upgrade lib@version to upgrade only this library.

It should work.

Happy coding!

2024-06-03