Build process hangs on 'packaging'

[LukaszGrela]

• Version: 20.16.0

• Target: Windows

I am trying to wrap React (CRA based) project with electron and it worked just fine:) untill this morning when the building process hanged on the 'packaging' step, when I've terminated the process following error appeared:

Error: C:\project\node_modules\app-builder-bin\win\x64\app-builder.exe exited with code 2 at ChildProcess.childProcess.once.code (C:\project\node_modules\builder-util\src\util.ts:251:14) at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:317:30) at emitTwo (events.js:126:13) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7) at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5) From previous event: at copyNodeModules (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\util\AppFileCopierHelper.js:321:18) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:261:42 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) From previous event: at then (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:257:14) From previous event: at _computeFileSets (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:258:10) at WinPackager.copyAppFiles (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:280:27) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:214:10 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) at runCallback (timers.js:794:20) at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:752:5) at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:729:5) From previous event: at WinPackager.doPack (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:162:151) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:117:16 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) From previous event: at WinPackager.pack (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\platformPackager.ts:115:95) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:379:24 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) at xfs.stat (C:\project\node_modules\fs-extra-p\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\mkdirs\mkdirs.js:56:16) at C:\project\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:287:18 at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:5) From previous event: at Packager.doBuild (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:347:39) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:323:52 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) at C:\project\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:99:16 at C:\project\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:43:10 at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:135:15) From previous event: at Packager._build (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:300:133) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:296:23 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) at runCallback (timers.js:794:20) at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:752:5) at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:729:5) From previous event: at Packager.build (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\packager.ts:254:14) at C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\src\index.ts:51:40 at Generator.next (<anonymous>) From previous event: at build (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder-lib\out\index.js:220:17) at build (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder\src\builder.ts:234:10) at then (C:\project\node_modules\electron-builder\src\cli\cli.ts:46:19) at <anonymous>

$ build -c.extraMetadata.main=build/electron.js
• electron-builder version=20.16.0
• loaded configuration file=package.json ("build" field)
• loaded parent configuration preset=react-cra
• description is missed in the package.json appPackageFile=C:\dev\reactjs\KioskUI\UserInterface\package.json
• writing effective config file=dist\electron-builder-effective-config.yaml
• rebuilding native production dependencies platform=win32 arch=x64
• rebuilding native dependency name=node-sass
• packaging platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=2.0.3 appOutDir=dist\win-unpacked

[riptl]

I have the same problem and I've found the cause after 30 minutes of debugging! This is Windows specific. The problem is in the app-builder-bin module.
I am using Windows 10.

It hangs on the app-builder-bin node-dep-tree task, which should normally execute really quickly.
Relative paths work, but full paths including the disk identifier (C:\) seem to hang.

Working:

PS C:\Users\Me> app-builder-bin node-dep-tree --dir .\electron-project
 ➡ *success*

Hanging:

PS C:\Users\Me> app-builder-bin node-dep-tree --dir C:\Users\Me\electron-project
 ➡ *HANG*

SysInternals ProcessExplorer confirms that app-builder-bin is executed with an absolute path.

EDIT: Ok, I'm not the first one to find this develar/app-builder#2

[riptl]

Until the issue in app-builder is fixed, the path can be converted to relative as a workaround.

• Look at the line in AppFileCopierHelper.js with node-dep-tree
• Find platformPackager.info.appDir and delete it
• Replace with (require('path').relative(process.cwd(), platformPackager.info.appDir))

NOTE: Replace it in the .js file, not the .ts one!
The line is in node_modules/electron-builder-lib/out/util/AppFileCopierHelper.js

[riptl]

My fix seems to work for now.
Can someone please rewrite nodeModules/tree.go? https://github.com/develar/app-builder/blob/6900b354ea36e2e68800d34ef939a37908127622/pkg/nodeModules/tree.go#L258
This is where the hang occurs.
I updated the issue in develar/app-builder#2

[riptl]

Yay! I fixed it: develar/app-builder#3

Please pull asap.

[damianobarbati]

@terorie I still get this hanging here:

  • spawning        command=/Users/damiano/Desktop/tav-client/node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder node-dep-tree --dir /Users/damiano/Desktop/tav-client

Versions (everything to lastest):

    "dependencies": {
        "@sentry/electron": "^0.5.5",
        "auto-launch": "^5.0.5",
        "axios": "^0.18.0",
        "better-console": "^1.0.1",
        "electron-log": "^2.2.15",
        "electron-updater": "^2.22.0",
        "lodash": "^4.17.10",
        "luxon": "^1.2.1",
        "mz": "^2.7.0",
        "sleep-promise": "^8.0.1",
        "typeface-montserrat": "^0.0.54",
        "ws": "^5.1.1"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "babel-eslint": "^8.2.3",
        "electron": "^2.0.3",
        "electron-builder": "^20.16.1",
        "electron-debug": "^2.0.0",
        "electron-reload": "^1.2.3",
        "eslint": "^5.0.1",
        "eslint-loader": "^2.0.0",
        "eslint-plugin-jest": "^21.15.0",
        "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.7.0",
        "png2icns": "^0.0.1"
    }

What should I do? :(

[develar]

@damianobarbati Will be fixed soon.

[riptl]

I'm amazed how fast this got fixed

[ahmedkamalio]

I'm facing this issue on Ubuntu machine how to fix it?!!

[17biubiu]

me too. when i run npm run build:win (electron-builder --win --x64) on mac。 i am facing this issue

[17biubiu]

i have solve it. when i delete node_modules and npm clear cache --force. then npm install && npm run build:win， it is becomes ok. amazing!

[yanlee26]

⨯ macOS Catalina doesn't support 32-bit executables and as result Wine cannot run Windows 32-bit applications too