Demo of cross-platform build failure

Packaging of certain native modules for windows using the electron-builder docker image will be unsuccessful.

electron-builder does not set the target_libc option when cross building for windows on linux. This causes node-pre-gyp to use glibc for the libc package_name template variable. Thus, any attempt to package a native module which uses node-pre-gyp and which specifies a package_name containing said libc variable will fail.

See mapbox/node-pre-gyp#383 for more context.

This repo demonstates the failure by requiring the "firebase" module as a dependency ("firebase" depends upon "grpc-node" which contains a native module).

To reproduce the failure:

1. clone this repo
2. ./x-build-win
3. observe the error message "Tried to download(403): https://storage.googleapis.com/grpc-precompiled-binaries/node/grpc/v1.11.3/electron-v2.0-win32-x64-glibc.tar.gz" and note the "-glibc" present in the name (it is supposed to be "-unknown").

This repo was derived from the...

electron-webpack-quick-start

A bare minimum project structure to get started developing with electron-webpack.

Thanks to the power of electron-webpack this template comes packed with...

• Use of webpack-dev-server for development
• HMR for both renderer and main processes
• Use of babel-preset-env that is automatically configured based on your electron version
• Use of electron-builder to package and build a distributable electron application

Make sure to check out electron-webpack's documentation for more details.

Getting Started

Simply clone down this reposity, install dependencies, and get started on your application.

The use of the yarn package manager is strongly recommended, as opposed to using npm.

# create a directory of your choice, and copy template using curl
mkdir new-electron-webpack-project && cd new-electron-webpack-project
curl -fsSL https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack-quick-start/archive/master.tar.gz | tar -xz --strip-components 1

# or copy template using git clone
git clone https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-webpack-quick-start.git
cd electron-webpack-quick-start
rm -rf .git

# install dependencies
yarn

Development Scripts

# run application in development mode
yarn dev

# compile source code and create webpack output
yarn compile

# `yarn compile` & create build with electron-builder
yarn dist

# `yarn compile` & create unpacked build with electron-builder
yarn dist:dir