truffle compile doesn't work

[benoit-cty]

After a fresh git clone, then npm install, the command :
$ ./node_modules/.bin/truffle compile
Output:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 77187
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/profiler.js:80:1
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/~/async/dist/async.js:1126:1
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/~/async/dist/async.js:473:1
    at iteratorCallback (/home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/~/async/dist/async.js:1050:1)
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/~/async/dist/async.js:958:1
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/~/async/dist/async.js:1123:1
    at /home/ben/src/PoCo/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/truffle-core/~/truffle-compile/profiler.js:73:1
    at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (fs.js:525:3)

npm 6.1.0
node v9.11.1

[benoit-cty]

That's come from bad file in "build/contracts", removing build solved the issue.
So maybe you could remove "build" from the repo.

[branciard]

yes we will remove it on the next release : #40