Foreman start on Windows 10 issue

Environment:

• Windows 10 x64
• Ruby: ruby 2.7.2p137 (2020-10-01 revision 5445e04352) [x64-mingw32]
• Node: v16.13.1
• npm: 8.1.2

Problem Statement:

Running webpack script inside Rails project in Windows 10 x64 doesn't work properly.

It seems that the environment must be set before the exec for Windows

Exception:

Foreman start throwing below error

$ foreman startTraceback (most recent call last):        17: from C:/Ruby27/bin/foreman:23:in `<main>'        16: from C:/Ruby27/bin/foreman:23:in `load'        15: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/bin/foreman:7:in `<top (required)>'        14: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/vendor/thor/lib/thor/base.rb:444:in `start'        13: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/vendor/thor/lib/thor.rb:369:in `dispatch'        12: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/vendor/thor/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'        11: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/vendor/thor/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'        10: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/cli.rb:42:in `start'         9: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:57:in `start'         8: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:363:in `spawn_processes'         7: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:363:in `each'         6: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:364:in `block in spawn_processes'         5: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:364:in `upto'         4: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/engine.rb:367:in `block (2 levels) in spawn_processes'         3: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/process.rb:53:in `run'         2: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/process.rb:53:in `chdir'         1: from C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/process.rb:54:in `block in run'C:/Ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/foreman-0.87.2/lib/foreman/process.rb:54:in `spawn': Exec format error - bin/webpack-dev-server (Errno::ENOEXEC)

Configuration:

GemFile

ruby "2.7.2"gem "rails", "~> 6.0"gem "webpacker", "< 6"group :development do  gem "foreman", require: falseend

package.json

{"name": "demo","private": true,"engines": {"node": ">=10.15.3","npm": ">=6","yarn": ">=1.15.2"  },"dependencies": {"@rails/webpacker": "5.4.3","webpack": "4.46.0","webpack-cli": "3.3.12"  },"version": "0.1.0","devDependencies": {"webpack-dev-server": "3"  },}

EDIT 1:

However, executing bin/webpack-dev-server on a separate terminal is compiling properly.

$ bin/webpack-dev-serveri ｢wds｣: Project is running at http://localhost:3035/i ｢wds｣: webpack output is served from /packs/i ｢wds｣: Content not from webpack is served from C:\Users\DELL\path\project\plate\public\packsi ｢wds｣: 404s will fallback to /index.htmli ｢wdm｣: Hash: 3f9f73c5cf41d5c81ee8Version: webpack 4.46.0Time: 4740msBuilt at: 12/01/2022 14:01:39                                     Asset       Size       Chunks                         Chunk Names    js/application-f0238c055e7bba05cd93.js    515 KiB  application  [emitted] [immutable]  applicationjs/application-f0238c055e7bba05cd93.js.map    581 KiB  application  [emitted] [dev]        application                             manifest.json  364 bytes               [emitted]i ｢wdm｣: Compiled successfully.

EDIT 2:

I tried removing foreman from Gemfile and re-installing it using gem command by following answer

Gemfile

group :development do  # gem "foreman", require: falseend

$ gem uninstall foreman$ gem install foreman

gem uninstall foreman is removing the foreman from the ruby main directory itself.

EDIT 3:

I tried bundle exec rails webpacker:install but again foreman start is throwing same error. While bin/webpack-dev-server is compiling properly on PORT as config/webpack file.

$ bundle exec rails webpacker:install  Please add the following to your Gemfile to avoid polling for changes:    gem 'wdm', '>= 0.1.0' if Gem.win_platform?  Please add the following to your Gemfile to avoid polling for changes:    gem 'wdm', '>= 0.1.0' if Gem.win_platform?  Please add the following to your Gemfile to avoid polling for changes:    gem 'wdm', '>= 0.1.0' if Gem.win_platform?   identical  config/webpacker.ymlCopying webpack core config       exist  config/webpack   identical  config/webpack/development.js   identical  config/webpack/environment.js   identical  config/webpack/production.js   identical  config/webpack/test.jsCopying postcss.config.js to app root directory   identical  postcss.config.jsCopying babel.config.js to app root directory   identical  babel.config.jsCopying .browserslistrc to app root directory   identical  .browserslistrcThe JavaScript app source directory already exists       apply  C:/Users/DELL/Documents/project/plate/vendor/cache/ruby/2.7.0/gems/webpacker-5.4.3/lib/install/binstubs.rb  Copying binstubs       exist    bin   identical    bin/webpack   identical    bin/webpack-dev-serverFile unchanged! The supplied flag value not found!  .gitignoreInstalling all JavaScript dependencies [5.4.3]         run  yarn add @rails/webpacker@5.4.3 from "."yarn add v1.22.15[1/5] Validating package.json...[2/5] Resolving packages...[3/5] Fetching packages...info fsevents@2.3.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@2.3.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.info fsevents@1.2.13: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@1.2.13" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.[4/5] Linking dependencies...[5/5] Building fresh packages...warning Your current version of Yarn is out of date. The latest version is "1.22.17", while you're on "1.22.15".info To upgrade, download the latest installer at "https://yarnpkg.com/latest.msi".success Saved 0 new dependencies.Done in 8.92s.Installing webpack and webpack-cli as direct dependencies         run  yarn add webpack@^4.46.0 webpack-cli@^3.3.12 from "."yarn add v1.22.15[1/5] Validating package.json...[2/5] Resolving packages...[3/5] Fetching packages...info fsevents@2.3.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@2.3.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.info fsevents@1.2.13: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@1.2.13" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.[4/5] Linking dependencies...[5/5] Building fresh packages...success Saved 0 new dependencies.Done in 6.82s.Installing dev server for live reloading         run  yarn add --dev webpack-dev-server@^3 from "."yarn add v1.22.15[1/5] Validating package.json...[2/5] Resolving packages...[3/5] Fetching packages...info fsevents@2.3.2: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@2.3.2" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.info fsevents@1.2.13: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@1.2.13" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.[4/5] Linking dependencies...[5/5] Building fresh packages...success Saved 0 new dependencies.Done in 7.33s.Webpacker successfully installed 🎉🍰