The watch mode of the front stops whenever there is an error

[luckylu91]

To reproduce: npm run front_build:dev and create an error in a svelte file

[...] (normal watchmode behavior)
src/front/Pong.svelte:12:1 - error TS1005: ')' expected.

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assets by status 5.23 KiB [cached] 1 asset
runtime modules 663 bytes 3 modules
orphan modules 71.2 KiB [orphan] 2 modules
cacheable modules 71.3 KiB
  ./src/front/index.ts + 2 modules 71.3 KiB [built] [code generated]
  ./src/front/Pong.svelte 39 bytes [built] [code generated] [1 error]

ERROR in ./src/front/Pong.svelte
Module build failed (from ./node_modules/svelte-loader/index.js):
Error: [svelte-preprocess] Encountered type error
    at throwError (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/modules/errors.js:5:11)
    at throwTypescriptError (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/modules/errors.js:9:28)
    at transpileTs (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/transformers/typescript.js:177:47)
    at simpleTranspiler (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/transformers/typescript.js:268:60)
    at transformer (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/transformers/typescript.js:311:11)
    at transform (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/autoProcess.js:37:12)
    at async /root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/autoProcess.js:118:29
    at async script (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte-preprocess/dist/autoProcess.js:148:33)
    at async process_single_tag (/root/transcendence/node_modules/svelte/compiler.js:32503:28)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
 @ ./src/front/App.svelte 14:0-33 19:12-16
 @ ./src/front/index.ts 1:0-31 2:16-19

webpack 5.72.1 compiled with 1 error in 848 ms
node:internal/validators:120
    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(name, 'string', value);
    ^

TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
    at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:371:5)
    at validateString (node:internal/validators:120:11)
    at Object.dirname (node:path:1276:5)
    at WatcherManager.watchFile (/root/transcendence/node_modules/watchpack/lib/getWatcherManager.js:30:26)
    at /root/transcendence/node_modules/watchpack/lib/watchpack.js:278:41
    at Object.exports.batch (/root/transcendence/node_modules/watchpack/lib/watchEventSource.js:326:3)
    at Watchpack.watch (/root/transcendence/node_modules/watchpack/lib/watchpack.js:276:20)
    at NodeWatchFileSystem.watch (/root/transcendence/node_modules/webpack/lib/node/NodeWatchFileSystem.js:107:16)
    at Watching.watch (/root/transcendence/node_modules/webpack/lib/Watching.js:325:48)
    at /root/transcendence/node_modules/webpack/lib/Watching.js:303:13 {
  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}

[DoomDuck]

This is a known issue that has been merged in the svelte-loader's main but is not yet part of any new release (and doesn't seem to be coming soon)
See here

[DoomDuck]

Done !