Node version upgrade for contract deployment throws error

Question

I wrote a solidity contract using version 0.4.24 using OpenZeppline-solidity version 1.12.0. This used to deploy using the Nodejs version 8.12. The Nodejs version 8 is no longer being maintained from Jan 2020, so I updated it to 12.18.3 LTS. Now the deployment throws the following error.

truffle deploy --network development

throws

RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded

Truffle v5.1.39 (core: 5.1.39) Node v12.18.3

truffle-config.js

...
compilers: {
    solc: {
      version: "0.4.24",
      settings: {         
       optimizer: {
         enabled: true,
         runs: 200
       }
      }
    }
  }
}

Node.js versions are mostly backward compatible, meaning that code you wrote for Node 8 will work on Node 10 or 12.

package.json dependencies

...
"dependencies": {
    "openzeppelin-solidity": "^1.12.0",
    "@truffle/hdwallet-provider": "^1.0.42",
    "retry": "^0.12.0",
    "solc": "^0.4.24",
    "truffle": "^5.1.39",
    "web3": "^1.2.11"
  }

Answer 1

Use node version 10.x or 11.x

To install node versions using nvm:

nvm install node-v11.15.0

or to install node v10 LTS

nvm install node-v10.22.0

To use the node version installed:

nvm use 11.15.0

or to use node v10 LTS

nvm use 10.22.0

Then delete the previous node modules folder and package-lock.json from the working directory.

npm i

truffle deploy --network development