PKG not resolving any path directory methodsduring compilation (path join __dirname process.cwd())

Question

According to various statements in the PKG docs and support forums, the compilation is supposed to work without PKG config in package.json

I am getting the following warnings - resulting in a failure.

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Warning Cannot resolve 'path.join(__dirname, '/services/ddos.js')' /NodeJS/Projects/censored/src/current-app.js Dynamic require may fail at run time, because the requested file is unknown at compilation time and not included into executable. Use a string literal as an argument for 'require', or leave it as is and specify the resolved file name in 'scripts' option.

Warning Cannot resolve 'path.join(__dirname, '/services/db.js')' /NodeJS/Projects/censored/src/current-app.js Dynamic require may fail at run time, because the requested file is unknown at compilation time and not included into executable. Use a string literal as an argument for 'require', or leave it as is and specify the resolved file name in 'scripts' option.

Warning Cannot resolve 'path.join(__dirname, '/routes/lpr-routes.js')' /NodeJS/Projects/censored/src/current-app.js Dynamic require may fail at run time, because the requested file is unknown at compilation time and not included into executable. Use a string literal as an argument for 'require', or leave it as is and specify the resolved file name in 'scripts' option.

Warning Cannot resolve 'path.join(__dirname, '/routes/web-user-routes')' /NodeJS/Projects/censored/src/current-app.js Dynamic require may fail at run time, because the requested file is unknown at compilation time and not included into executable. Use a string literal as an argument for 'require', or leave it as is and specify the resolved file name in 'scripts' option.

Warning Cannot resolve 'path.join(__dirname, '/routes/ipmessages-out-routes')' /NodeJS/Projects/censored/src/current-app.js Dynamic require may fail at run time, because the requested file is unknown at compilation time and not included into executable. Use a string literal as an argument for 'require', or leave it as is and specify the resolved file name in 'scripts' option.

I have tried the various common path syntaxes, as in joining comma separated directories. The current format is because of the PKG docs stating:

Pay attention that path.join must have two arguments and the last one must be a string literal.

I have also tried template literals and process.cwd()variations - all that worked in Node development, but resulted in the same warning / failure.

const express = require('express')
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
const app = express()
app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
const path = require('node:path')

app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, '/views'))
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/public')))


app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
    extended: true
}))
app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
    console.error(err.stack)
    res.status(500).send('Sorry - something broke...')
})
const ddos = require(path.join(__dirname, '/services/ddos.js'));
console.log(path.join(__dirname, '/services/ddos.js'));


const crypto = require('crypto');
const http = require('http');
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config()
let { initDbTables, singledbentry, refresh, refreshTwo, ttupdate, mqttDashBoardGauges } = require(path.join(__dirname, '/services/db.js'))
let mysql = require('mysql2');

initDbTables();

const lprRoutes = require(path.join(__dirname, '/routes/lpr-routes.js'));
const webUserRoutes = require(path.join(__dirname, '/routes/web-user-routes'));
const ipMessagesOut = require(path.join(__dirname, '/routes/ipmessages-out-routes'));

app.use('/', lprRoutes);
app.use('/', webUserRoutes);
app.use('/', ipMessagesOut);

How can I get PKG to resolve the paths without listing every asset and script seperately in the package.json config - as that was my precise reason to develop using absolute paths in the first place.

Any help would be much appreciated.