Latest-mac.yml is overwritten when publishing arm64 and x64

[SquaredCanine]

• Version: 22.10.4

• Electron Version: 11.2.1
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Electron-updater version: 4.3.7

• Target: MacOS (arm64 & x64)

Our CI/CD publishes artifacts for Mac, Linux and Windows. With the new M1 chip for the macbook we have to built arm64 and x64 versions of our electron application. Building works fine, and we have confirmed it works. The issue lies with the autoUpdater.

When publishing the artifacts to GitHub for releasing, the artifacts are uploaded correctly. Both jobs provide a latest-mac.yml, but the task that finishes last overwrites the previous latest-mac.yml. This causes issues with the auto-updater, is there a way to merge the latest-mac.ymls or should a latest-mac-arm64.yml be created?

As can be seen in the screenshot, all artifacts are accounted for, but there is just one latest-mac.yml that points to the arm64 version.

[brianathere]

We're using the generic publisher, but were able to solve this by building both the arm64 and x64 clients in one invocation of electron-builder, resulting in a latest-mac.yml that includes both arch types.

"dist:osx:both": "electron-builder --macos --arm64 --x64",

That may work using the GitHub publisher as well.

[SquaredCanine]

Hadn't thought of that, will try asap. Thanks @brianathere

[SquaredCanine]

Worked, thank you!

[stefanluptak]

Hey @brianathere sorry, to dig into this already closed issue, but I am wondering if you're using the electron-builder --macos --arm64 --x64 command to build dmg or zip. zip is working for me, but dmg has some issues. I just wanted to make sure, if the problem is in my project/config or in the electron-builder or dmg-builder respectively. Thanks.

[bermanboris]

I (and many other) build x64 and ARM clients in parallel, so building both in one invocation is not an option. Any other solution for this issue?

[SquaredCanine]

@stefanluptak I build dmg targets, and they work fine (x64 and arm64 at the same time)!

[stefanluptak]

@stefanluptak I build dmg targets, and they work fine (x64 and arm64 at the same time)!

Thanks a lot @SquaredCanine. Could you please share your (redacted) latest-mac.yml file that includes both architectures? I guess, I will be creating it with some script until I find proper solution for my hdiutil detach issues when creating x64 and arm64 dmgs at the same time.

[SquaredCanine]

@stefanluptak Not sure what to redact, but let me know if this is what you want :D

version: 1.2.5
files:
  - url: launcher-1.2.5-mac.zip
    sha512: FF9UB8r44mTP00rheCnLKcpZ2Ld3D3IA39JliOr2a76nY+Y3Qbug1sHKDTT9BSlmlWbz8aQ==
    size: 94330104
    blockMapSize: 99250
  - url: launcher-1.2.5-arm64-mac.zip
    sha512: 4E9qX6SFsVmYvi271MboHMJoioehSfZxT9Zs8WI1fccnXZF23Q+ptUpfksuZemOJqvxFPQ==
    size: 94946863
    blockMapSize: 101420
  - url: launcher-1.2.5.dmg
    sha512: 5P+CQtxfNOn+ERquigXkDzXJR9d3HgU0fjPMtam9HBPoLSpR/nTyY90frg5Q4I6pkF9yJw==
    size: 97249356
  - url: launcher-1.2.5-arm64.dmg
    sha512: 8pMR0JPPXI9Y9GUZrCbccQOtNUuRkNSU3B+Rf79/EJof6ELPrQvtj8KF2b6oKl3xruzAA==
    size: 98158337
path: launcher-1.2.5-mac.zip
sha512: 8r44mTP00rheCnLKcpZ2Ld3D3IA39JliOr2a76nY+Y3Qbug1sHKDTT9BSlmlWbz8aQ==
releaseDate: '2021-02-02T10:55:41.174Z'

[SquaredCanine]

@stefanluptak I also remember that when you want to build a .dmg you also need to build a .zip. In my mac build in the package.json I have this:

"target": [
        "dmg",
        "zip"
      ],

As well as for signing the .dmg:

"hardenedRuntime": true,
"gatekeeperAssess": false,

[stefanluptak]

@SquaredCanine thanks a lot.

[brianathere]

@stefanluptak , we’re encountering an issue with hdiutil detach as well, randomly fails. Our temporary solution is to retry the build, very painful. It appears that the detach call hangs, but I’m only able to reproduce in travis. It always works locally. If you have more information about what’s failing can you share?

[bjbk]

Iterestingly for me, the latest-mac.yml file sends the arm64 build to an intel Mac. Is my config wrong?

mac:
  target:
    - target: default
      arch: x64
    - target: default
      arch: arm64
  category: public.app-category.productivity
  icon: src-electron/icons/icon.icns
  hardenedRuntime: true
  entitlements: src-electron/entitlements.mac.plist
  entitlementsInherit: src-electron/entitlements.mac.plist

See this comment also: #5616 (comment)