build_runner throws an error : NoSuchMethodError: The getter 'dependencies' was called on null

[div3791]

flutter pub run build_runner build throws an error as bellow:

NoSuchMethodError: The getter 'dependencies' was called on null.
Receiver: null
Tried calling: dependencies
  Object.noSuchMethod (dart:core-patch/object_patch.dart:51:5)
  findBuildConfigOverrides (package:build_runner/src/package_graph/build_config_overrides.dart:27:21)
<asynchronous suspension>
  _findBuilderApplications (package:build_runner/src/build_script_generate/build_script_generate.dart:66:13)
<asynchronous suspension>
  _generateBuildScript (package:build_runner/src/build_script_generate/build_script_generate.dart:28:26)
<asynchronous suspension>
  logTimedAsync (package:build_runner_core/src/logging/logging.dart:25:30)
<asynchronous suspension>
 generateBuildScript (package:build_runner/src/build_script_generate/build_script_generate.dart:25:5)
 generateAndRun (package:build_runner/src/build_script_generate/bootstrap.dart:49:31)
<asynchronous suspension>
  main (file:///Users/glorioleapps/Documents/Sdk/flutter/.pub-cache/hosted/pub.dartlang.org/build_runner-1.7.1/bin/build_runner.dart:77:30)
<asynchronous suspension>
  _startIsolate.<anonymous closure> (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:303:32)
  _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage (dart:isolate-patch/isolate_patch.dart:172:12)
pub failed (255)

I am using hive_generator package.
here is pubspec.yaml:

version: 1.0.0+1

environment:
  sdk: ">=2.1.0 <3.0.0"

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter

  cupertino_icons: ^0.1.2
  flutter_svg: ^0.14.4
  device_preview: ^0.2.6
  rxdart: ^0.22.6
  data_connection_checker: ^0.3.4
  firebase_auth: ^0.14.0+8
  firebase_analytics: ^5.0.6
  flutter_facebook_login: ^3.0.0
  google_sign_in: ^4.0.11
  cloud_firestore: ^0.12.10+2
  firebase_core: ^0.4.2+1
  flutter_swiper: ^1.1.6
  dots_indicator: ^1.0.0
  flutter_slidable: ^0.5.4
  shared_preferences: ^0.5.4+3
  #Notificaiton Permission
  permission_handler: '^4.0.0'
  audioplayers: ^0.13.2
  text_to_speech_api: ^0.1.0
  hive: ^1.1.1
  hive_flutter: ^0.2.1
  get_it: ^3.0.3

dev_dependencies:
  flutter_test:
    sdk: flutter
  hive_generator: ^0.5.2
  build_runner: ^1.7.1

dependency_overrides:
  path_provider:
  analyzer:

[jakemac53]

I believe this means you have a *.build.yaml file where the * is a package name that doesn't exist in your transitive deps.

We should provide a better error here though (or just warn and continue)