nx: NX 16.8.1 failed to compile with generatePackageJson:true

Current Behavior

When trying to build with generatePackageJson option at true, nx failed to compile.

Here is the stacktrace:

$ nx build backend-app --verbose

 >  NX   Running target build for project backend-app and 47 tasks it depends on:

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> nx run backend-app:build


 >  NX   Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'data')


HookWebpackError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'data')
    at makeWebpackError (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/HookWebpackError.js:48:9)
    at /home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:3068:12
    at eval (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:23:1)
    at fn (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:481:17)
    at _next0 (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:21:1)
    at eval (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:34:1)
    at eval (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:11:1)
    at /home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:503:10
    at Hook.eval [as callAsync] (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:7:1)
    at Hook.CALL_ASYNC_DELEGATE [as _callAsync] (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/Hook.js:18:14)
-- inner error --
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'data')
    at /home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/package-json/create-package-json.js:124:55
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at findProjectsNpmDependencies (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/package-json/create-package-json.js:122:33)
    at createPackageJson (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/nx/src/plugins/js/package-json/create-package-json.js:23:21)
    at /home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/@nx/webpack/src/plugins/generate-package-json-plugin.js:33:64
    at fn (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:479:10)
    at _next0 (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:21:1)
    at eval (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:34:1)
    at eval (eval at create (/home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/tapable/lib/HookCodeFactory.js:33:10), <anonymous>:11:1)
    at /home/fabien/gitrepos/scrapoxy/scrapoxy4-nx/node_modules/webpack/lib/Compilation.js:503:10

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 >  NX   Running target build for project backend-app and 47 tasks it depends on failed

   Failed tasks:
   
   - backend-app:build
   
   Hint: run the command with --verbose for more details.

Issue happens in create-package-json.js (here):

const seen = new Set();
    (_b = options.helperDependencies) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.forEach((dep) => {
        seen.add(dep);
        npmDeps.dependencies[graph.externalNodes[dep].data.packageName] =
            graph.externalNodes[dep].data.version;
        recursivelyCollectPeerDependencies(dep, graph, npmDeps, seen);
    });

it is regardings tslib.

graph.externalNodes is {}

Expected Behavior

We need to generate the package.json.

Package manager is standard npm (not pnpm, like in this fix)

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use version 16.8.1
2. Build and generate package.json

Nx Report

>  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node   : 18.17.1
   OS     : linux-x64
   npm    : 10.1.0
   
   nx (global)        : 16.8.1
   nx                 : 16.8.1
   @nx/js             : 16.8.1
   @nx/jest           : 16.8.1
   @nx/linter         : 16.8.1
   @nx/workspace      : 16.8.1
   @nx/angular        : 16.8.1
   @nx/cypress        : 16.8.1
   @nx/devkit         : 16.8.1
   @nx/eslint-plugin  : 16.8.1
   @nx/nest           : 16.8.1
   @nx/node           : 16.8.1
   @nrwl/tao          : 16.8.1
   @nx/webpack        : 16.8.1
   typescript         : 5.1.6

Failure Logs

No response

Package Manager Version

10.1.0

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

It works with version 16.7.4 (package.json is generated)