Command failed with exit code 255: hugo --gc --minify

[bondbipu]

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1:27:20 AM: hugo v0.92.2-CDF6A0D6+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-02-11T14:17:39Z VendorInfo=gohugoio

1:27:20 AM: WARN 2022/02/14 19:27:20 The “twitter_simple” shortcode will soon require two named parameters: user and id. See “/opt/build/repo/content/blog/rich-content.md:24:1”

1:27:20 AM: ERROR 2022/02/14 19:27:20 JSON parse error: expected comma character or an array or object ending on line 87 and column 40

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1:27:20 AM: ERROR 2022/02/14 19:27:20 JSON parse error: expected comma character or an array or object ending on line 87 and column 40

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1:27:20 AM: Command failed with exit code 255: hugo --gc --minify

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1:27:20 AM: Error location

1:27:20 AM: In build.command from netlify.toml:

1:27:20 AM: hugo --gc --minify

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[perry]

@bondbipu

1:27:20 AM: ERROR 2022/02/14 19:27:20 JSON parse error: expected comma character or an array or object ending on line 87 and column 40

hi there, so, something is wrong here. not sure which json file it is (likely the package.json). Does this build locally?

[bondbipu]

i built it locally and it was fine. I first deploy it on cloudcannon, it works fine. Then I try netlify, it shows the error.

FYI, I deployed it on cloudlfare and it worked fine there too - https://test-site-1.pages.dev/.
Here are the cloudflare log -

08:05:33.763	Initializing build environment. This may take up to a few minutes to complete
08:07:36.347	Success: Finished initializing build environment
08:07:36.347	Cloning repository…
08:07:39.142	Success: Finished cloning repository files
08:07:40.181	Installing dependencies
08:07:40.183	Python version set to 2.7
08:07:41.049	v12.18.0 is already installed.
08:07:41.476	Now using node v12.18.0 (npm v6.14.4)
08:07:41.515	Started restoring cached build plugins
08:07:41.519	Finished restoring cached build plugins
08:07:41.635	Attempting ruby version 2.7.1, read from environment
08:07:42.562	Using ruby version 2.7.1
08:07:42.798	Using PHP version 5.6
08:07:42.827	5.2 is already installed.
08:07:42.836	Using Swift version 5.2
08:07:42.836	Installing Hugo 0.92.1
08:07:43.724	hugo v0.92.1-85E2E862+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-01-27T11:44:41Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
08:07:43.726	Started restoring cached go cache
08:07:43.729	Finished restoring cached go cache
08:07:43.753	go version go1.14.4 linux/amd64
08:07:43.757	go version go1.14.4 linux/amd64
08:07:43.758	Installing missing commands
08:07:43.758	Verify run directory
08:07:43.759	Executing user command: hugo
08:07:43.803	Start building sites …
08:07:43.803	hugo v0.92.1-85E2E862+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2022-01-27T11:44:41Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
08:07:43.851	WARN 2022/02/15 02:07:43 The twitter_simple shortcode will soon require two named parameters: user and id. See /opt/buildhome/repo/content/blog/rich-content.md:24:1
08:07:44.123
08:07:44.123
08:07:44.123	-------------------±----
08:07:44.123	Pages
08:07:44.123	Paginator pages
08:07:44.123	Non-page files
08:07:44.123	Static files
08:07:44.123	Processed images
08:07:44.123	Aliases
08:07:44.123	Sitemaps
08:07:44.123	Cleaned
08:07:44.123
08:07:44.123	Total in 344 ms
08:07:44.128	Finished
08:07:44.128	Note: No functions dir at /functions found. Skipping.
08:07:44.128	Validating asset output directory
08:07:45.575	Deploying your site to Cloudflare’s global network…
08:07:58.617	Success: Your site was deployed!

[hrishikesh]

Hey @bondbipu,

This is a problem either with Hugo or the Theme, not with Netlify.

I tried your repo locally and got the exact same issue.

However:

The error only occurs with you run the command with --minify. For example, if you run just hugo, or hugo --gc, the build works. If you run hugo --minify, it doesn’t. This is probably why it’s working on Cloudflare as you’re not running --minify.

[bondbipu]

@hrishikesh thank you for your response.