"Cannot read property 'succeed' of undefined" occurs when packaging darwin targets on windows host

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I could find out the #67 but it is so old version.

Please describe your issue:

When I execute the make for Mac(darwin), “Cannot read property ‘succeed’ of undefined” occurred.

Environment

• Windows10(x64)
• Node: 6.11.3
• npm: 5.4.2
• electron-forge: 4.0.2

Console output when you run electron-forge with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-forge:*. (Instructions on how to do so here). Please include the stack trace if one exists.

set DEBUG=electron-forge:* & electron-forge make -p darwin --target=zip
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Checking your system +0ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Checking your system +973ms
  electron-forge:runtime-config setting key: verbose to value: false +0ms
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Resolving Forge Config +0ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: C:\Users\ico\Documents\works\developers-stop-watch +0ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in C:\Users\ico\Documents\works\developers-stop-watch\package.json +9ms
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Resolving Forge Config +27ms
  electron-forge:require-search searching [ '../makers/darwin/zip.js',
  '../makers/generic/zip.js',
  'electron-forge-maker-zip',
  'zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\node_modules\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\makers\\darwin\\zip.js',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\makers\\generic\\zip.js',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\electron-forge-maker-zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\node_modules\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\makers\\darwin\\zip.js',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\makers\\generic\\zip.js',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\node_modules\\electron-forge-maker-zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\electron-forge\\dist\\api\\node_modules\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\zip',
  'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\node_modules\\zip' ] relative to C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\dist\api +0ms
  electron-forge:require-search testing ../makers/darwin/zip.js +13ms
  electron-forge:require-search testing ../makers/generic/zip.js +22ms
We need to package your application before we can make it
  electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Preparing to Package Application for arch: x64 +63ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: C:\Users\ico\Documents\works\developers-stop-watch +90ms
  electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in C:\Users\ico\Documents\works\developers-stop-watch\package.json +21ms
  electron-forge:hook could not find hook: generateAssets +0ms
  electron-forge:hook could not find hook: prePackage +3ms
  electron-forge:packager packaging with options { asar: false,
  overwrite: true,
  afterCopy: [ [Function], [Function], [Function], [Function] ],
  afterExtract: [],
  dir: 'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch',
  arch: 'x64',
  platform: 'darwin',
  out: 'C:\\Users\\ico\\Documents\\works\\developers-stop-watch\\out',
  electronVersion: '1.7.6',
  quiet: true } +0ms
  electron-forge:hook could not find hook: postPackage +368ms

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
Cannot read property 'succeed' of undefined
TypeError: Cannot read property 'succeed' of undefined
    at _callee5$ (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\dist\api\package.js:388:28)
    at tryCatch (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:65:40)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.invoke [as _invoke] (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:299:22)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\regenerator-runtime\runtime.js:117:21)
    at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.tryCatcher (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\util.js:16:23)
    at PromiseSpawn._promiseFulfilled (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\generators.js:97:49)
    at Async._drainQueue (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:138:12)
    at Async._drainQueues (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:143:10)
    at Immediate.Async.drainQueues (C:\Users\ico\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron-forge\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:17:14)
    at runCallback (timers.js:672:20)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5)
    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5)

What command line arguments are you passing?

electron-forge make -p darwin --target=zip

What does your config.forge data in package.json look like?

"config": {
    "forge": {
      "make_targets": {
        "win32": [
          "zip"
        ],
        "darwin": [
          "zip"
        ],
        "linux": [
          "deb",
          "rpm"
        ]
      },
      "electronPackagerConfig": {},
      "electronWinstallerConfig": {
        "name": ""
      },
      "electronInstallerDebian": {},
      "electronInstallerRedhat": {},
      "github_repository": {
        "owner": "",
        "name": ""
      },
      "windowsStoreConfig": {
        "packageName": ""
      }
    }
  }

[rguryanov]

Spent an hour on that error. Pretty sure it happens because electron-packager need create Symlinks for macos package and on windows you need admin rights for that. Run from cmd as admin worked for me. Error message from electron-packager not shown because electron-forge run electron-packager in “quiet mode”.

Related issues - https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager/issues/71 https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager/issues/164

related code in electron-packager https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager/blob/v13.1.1/index.js#L35 https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-packager/blob/v13.1.1/index.js#L57

Maybe it worth to make same symlink checking…

[kethan1]

@rguryanov Thank you soooo much!! Helped me a lot!