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Some files are flagged as unpack: true in asar #9242

@rajzik

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@rajzik

I am trying to package my app for mac universal and the build fails on unpacking due to misconfigured flag unpack: true for the files.

Configuration
{ "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/refs/heads/master/packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json", "framework": "electron", "asar": true, "productName": "...", "files": ["out/**/*", "renderer/out/**/*", "!**/node_modules/{esbuild,@esbuild}/**/*"], "afterSign": "./scripts/macos-notarize.cjs", "afterPack": "./scripts/after-pack.cjs", "afterAllArtifactBuild": "./scripts/after-all-artifact-build.cjs", "mac": { "extraFiles": ["./PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy"], "target": ["dmg"], "icon": "./renderer/out/branding/images/icon-1240x1240.png", "category": "public.app-category.utilities", "artifactName": "${productName}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${ext}", "electronLanguages": ["de", "de_DE"], "mergeASARs": true, "singleArchFiles": "...", "extendInfo": { "ITSAppUsesNonExemptEncryption": false }, "x64ArchFiles": "..." }, "mas": { "type": "distribution", "provisioningProfile": ".match/...", "hardenedRuntime": false, "entitlements": "variants/entitlements.mas.plist", "entitlementsInherit": "variants/entitlements.mas.inherit.plist", "entitlementsLoginHelper": "variants/entitlements.mas.loginhelper.plist" }, "pkg": { "scripts": "../../build/pkg-scripts", "installLocation": "/Applications", "allowAnywhere": true, "allowCurrentUserHome": true, "allowRootDirectory": true, "isVersionChecked": false, "isRelocatable": false, "overwriteAction": "upgrade" }, "win": { "target": ["appx", "nsis"], "icon": "./renderer/out/branding/images/icon-1024x1024.png", "artifactName": "${productName}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${ext}" }, "linux": { "target": "AppImage", "artifactName": "${productName}-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${ext}", "icon": "./renderer/out/branding/images/icon-1024x1024.png" }, "nsis": { "perMachine": true }, "directories": { "buildResources": "renderer/out/" }, "extraMetadata": { "productName": "ePA" }, "asarUnpack": ["**/*.xsd"] }
Depedencies
{ "@electron/fuses": "2.0.0", "@electron/notarize": "3.0.1", "electron": "37.2.4", "electron-builder": "26.0.19", "electron-better-ipc": "2.0.1", "electron-devtools-installer": "4.0.0", "electron-log": "5.4.2", "electron-store": "10.1.0", }

Build command

DEBUG=electron-builder electron-builder --config "./variants/default.config.json" --mac --universal

Output

Relevant Output
 • packaging platform=darwin arch=universal electron=37.2.4 appOutDir=dist/mac-universal ⨯ ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/var/folders/p0/mhwqr3n93zb3q_7rkz_0dp740000gn/T/electron-universal-HWw6YC/Tmp.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/out/.main/somexml.xml' failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/var/folders/p0/mhwqr3n93zb3q_7rkz_0dp740000gn/T/electron-universal-HWw6YC/Tmp.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar.unpacked/out/.main/some.xml' at Object.openSync (node:fs:562:18) at Object.readFileSync (node:fs:446:35) at Object.readFileSync (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/@electron/asar/src/disk.ts:198:17) at Object.extractFile (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/@electron/asar/src/asar.ts:346:15) at mergeASARs (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/@electron/universal/src/asar-utils.ts:148:29) at makeUniversalApp (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/@electron/universal/src/index.ts:275:23) at MacPackager.doPack (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:156:9) at MacPackager.pack (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:220:9) at Packager.doBuild (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:507:11) at executeFinally (/Users/.../git/work/.../node_modules/builder-util/src/promise.ts:12:14) 

After some digging I found out that files that throws ENOENT error are flagged by unpack: true during the unpack and hence not found.
For some reason xml, pem, cjs extensions are flagged as upacked even when they are not.

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