ng update: Cannot read property 'parseJson' of undefined

[StephenFluin]

Bug Report or Feature Request (mark with an x)

- [x] bug report -> please search issues before submitting
- [ ] feature request

Command (mark with an x)

- [x] update

Versions

v6 -> v7 update
before:

Angular CLI: 6.1.5
Node: 10.11.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 6.1.6
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server
... router, service-worker

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.7.5
@angular-devkit/core              0.7.5
@angular-devkit/schematics        0.7.5
@angular/cdk                      6.4.7
@angular/cli                      6.1.5
@angular/material                 6.4.7
@ngtools/webpack                  6.1.5
@schematics/angular               0.7.5
@schematics/update                0.7.5
rxjs                              6.3.2
typescript                        2.9.2
webpack                           4.9.2

after:

Angular CLI: 7.0.0-rc.3
Node: 10.11.0
OS: linux x64
Angular: 7.0.0-rc.1
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic, platform-server
... router, service-worker

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.7.5
@angular-devkit/core              7.0.0-rc.3
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.0.0-rc.3
@angular/cdk                      6.4.7
@angular/cli                      7.0.0-rc.3
@angular/material                 6.4.7
@ngtools/webpack                  6.1.5
@schematics/angular               7.0.0-rc.3
@schematics/update                0.9.0-rc.3
rxjs                              6.3.3
typescript                        3.1.3
webpack                           4.9.2

Repro steps

• clone and yarn: https://github.com/StephenFluin/angular-update-guide
• ng update --next @angular/cli @angular/core @angular/angular-material

The log given by the failure

warning " > @angular/[email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "@angular/common@>=6.0.0-beta.0 <7.0.0".
warning " > @angular/[email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "@angular/core@>=6.0.0-beta.0 <7.0.0".
warning " > @angular/[email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "@angular/common@>=6.0.0-beta.0 <7.0.0".
warning " > [email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "@angular/compiler@>=2.3.1 <7.0.0 || >6.0.0-beta <7.0.0".
warning " > [email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "@angular/core@>=2.3.1 <7.0.0 || >6.0.0-beta <7.0.0".
warning "@angular-devkit/build-angular > @ngtools/[email protected]" has incorrect peer dependency "typescript@~2.4.0 || ~2.5.0 || ~2.6.0 || ~2.7.0 || ~2.8.0 || ~2.9.0".
Cannot read property 'parseJson' of undefined

The update of CLI and Core succeeds despite the red error, but build-angular is not updated to the correct version and Angular Material and the CDK are not update.

Desired functionality

ng update succeeds

[alfaproject]

This didn't work for me in one of my projects: https://github.com/alfaproject/rs-progress/tree/v6

P.S.: It also didn't remove the reflect polyfill.

[Splaktar]

I saw this today as well with an ng update @angular/cli to 7.0.1. It did not update "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^0.9.0", to "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^0.10.1",.

[Splaktar]

This was also mentioned in #12646 (comment).

[clydin]

@Splaktar this was due to a very specific underlying issue that manifested in the following output: Cannot read property 'parseJson' of undefined.

What you are experiencing is most likely this: #12647

[Splaktar]

@clydin thank you for the clarification. I've moved some of the comments over to that issue.

[Splaktar]

It might be helpful to update the topic of this issue to ng update: Cannot read property 'parseJson' of undefined to avoid more people posting that they are seeing issues with build-angular.

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