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ERR_STRING_TOO_LONG Cannot create a string longer than 0x3fffffe7 characters

Discussion in 'Package Manager' started by Gunvald, Oct 26, 2019.

  1. Gunvald

    Gunvald

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    Hi folk,

    I got this error message while trying to publish a package larger than 1GB to our local NPM registry. Looks like a Nodejs issue but I hope the Unity community should have the experience with it. Guessing a lof of project will create as large packages with graphical assets.

    Thanks in advance!
     
    Gunvald, Oct 26, 2019
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  2. okcompute_unity

    okcompute_unity

    Unity Technologies

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    Hi @Gunvald ,

    You are right. This is a *NodeJS/npm* issue. As long as we rely on it to publish packages, we will have to cope with this limitation. NodeJS offers a configuration to increase the string buffer size limit. If you have Node 8.x or greater installed, you can try set the env var 
    NODE_OPTIONS=--max_old_space_size=4096
    .

    I haven't tried this myself. So, if you can, let us know if it works!

    Regards,

    Pascal
     
    okcompute_unity, Oct 27, 2019
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  3. Gunvald

    Gunvald

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    Hi Pascal,

    I have tried increasing the max_old_space_size, which is solution for another type of error indeed.
    FATAL ERROR: invalid array length Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory.

    So far, I have to split up the large package into smaller pieces as a workaround. Really hope the Unity editor built-in solution will work soon, with authentication.

    Thanks!
     
    Gunvald, Oct 28, 2019
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