環境

VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) CIサービス (無料プラン)
Agent: Hosted macOS Preview
Node.js: v8.9.3
cordova: v7.1.0
cordova-ios: 4.5.4

エラー内容

VSTS-CI にてCordovaのiOSビルドを実行すると「TypeError: "file" argument must be a non-empty string」エラーが発生する。

エラーログの内容

2018-04-05T09:54:52.1074750Z ##[section]Starting: Cordova Build ios
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1134170Z ==============================================================================
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1147800Z Task         : Cordova Build
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1161490Z Description  : Build a hybrid app project based on the Cordova CLI, Ionic CLI, TACO CLI, or other Cordova-compliant CLI
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1175080Z Version      : 1.3.11
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1189080Z Author       : Microsoft Corporation
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1203190Z Help         : [More Information](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=691186)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.1217550Z ==============================================================================
2018-04-05T09:54:52.7905950Z Input to determineIdentity: {"cwd":"/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/1/s","unlockDefaultKeychain":false,"defaultKeychainPassword":"","p12":"/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/1/s/keys/ios/ios_development.p12","p12pwd":"******"}
2018-04-05T09:54:52.7985870Z TypeError: "file" argument must be a non-empty string
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8001100Z     at normalizeSpawnArguments (child_process.js:383:11)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8014630Z     at spawnSync (child_process.js:519:38)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8030420Z     at /Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/lib/xcode-task-utils.js:45:31
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8048720Z     at _fulfilled (/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:854:54)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8067550Z     at self.promiseDispatch.done (/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:883:30)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8083360Z     at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:816:13)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8097860Z     at /Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:877:14
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8114090Z     at runSingle (/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8136430Z     at flush (/Users/vsts/agent/2.131.0/work/_tasks/CordovaBuild_70e94267-15dc-434d-8973-023d766825d7/1.3.11/node_modules/q/q.js:125:13)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8161640Z     at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8278070Z ##[error]Task failed
2018-04-05T09:54:52.8687900Z ##[section]Finishing: Cordova Build ios

原因

Microsoft/vsts-cordova-tasksの不具合っぽい。
GitHub (https://github.com/Microsoft/vsts-cordova-tasks/issues/79) にもIssuesが上がっていたが現時点で解決していない。ただ、Node.js v7.x で動作したとの情報が載っていた。

対応

VSTS-CI のNode.jsのバージョンを v8.9.3 から v6.14.1 に変更。
そもそも初期値はv6なので、変更していなければこのエラーは発生しない。