Problem when running electron-packager within Docker container

I’m experiencing weird issues with using electron-packager@5.1.1 within a container. The container is executed

docker run -v $(pwd):/tmp/w -w /tmp/w node:4.2.2-wheezy ./build.sh

where the project directory is attached as a volume and the build script execution is passed as an argument to the container.

The base image is node:4.2.2-wheezy, which means the environment inside the container is Debian Wheezy.

The electron-packager is executed through npm like this:

electron-packager . $npm_package_productName --out=dist --ignore='^/dist$' --prune --asar --overwrite --platform=darwin,win32 --arch=all --version=$npm_package_electronVersion

Now, the problem is the execution suddenly hangs after executing the electron-packager and apparently nothing is happening. After 15-20mins the execution goes further:

Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[>                                            ] 0.0% (0 B/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[>                                            ] 0.0% of 40.03 MB (0 B/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[=============>                               ] 32.3% of 40.03 MB (12.95 MB/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[=============================>               ] 68.1% of 40.03 MB (27.24 MB/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[============================================>] 100.0% of 40.03 MB (32.03 MB/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[============================================>] 100.0% of 40.03 MB (32.03 MB/s)
Downloading electron-v0.34.2-win32-ia32.zip
[============================================>] 100.0% of 40.03 MB (32.03 MB/s)
Packaging app for platform win32 ia32 using electron v0.34.2

Then again the execution halts at Packaging app for platform win32 ia32 using electron v0.34.2 and after another 20mins npm goes on, however with no artifacts produced in the dist folder and no packaging for darwin platform or for win64.

This is happening for me on my Macbook Pro and our build server using different version of Docker.

[Iliyass]

i had the same issue, I just ignored electron-packager and it works, add --ignore=electron-packager

[byF]

@madebysid we ended up putting into the container as few files as possible. That fixed the recursion issue.