@zeit/webpack-asset-relocator-loader does not work

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Issue Details

• Electron Forge Version:
  • 6.0.0-beta.46
• Electron Version:
  • v7.1.3
• Operating System:
  • Ubuntu 18.04 x64
• Last Known Working Electron Forge version:
  • ?

Expected Behavior

When I install @zeit/webpack-asset-relocator-loader I expect it it do what it’s supposed to do. Not sure exactly what, but not to break the build for sure.

Actual Behavior

yarn start writes the following to .webpack/renderer/main_window/index.html (instead of the real content):

Html Webpack Plugin:
<pre>
  Error: /x/src/index.html:82
  /******/  __webpack_require__.ab = __dirname + "/native_modules/";
                                     ^
  ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined
  
  - index.html:82 
    /x/src/index.html:82:36
  
  - index.html:89 
    /x/src/index.html:89:10
  
  - index.js:247 HtmlWebpackPlugin.evaluateCompilationResult
    [x-app]/[html-webpack-plugin]/index.js:247:28
  
  - index.js:161 
    [x-app]/[html-webpack-plugin]/index.js:161:23
  
  - task_queues.js:93 processTicksAndRejections
    internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5
  
</pre>

To Reproduce

Take a look at this repo: https://github.com/MOZGIII/electron-webpack-asset-relocator-loader-issue

It has just two commits in the master branch, first for the yarn create electron-app ... --template=webpack, and the second to reproduce the bug.

Additional Information

[MarshallOfSound]

// Add support for native node modules

Historically most people really don’t care why they need a thing (some do) but most just want to be given the thing, told that it “makes the thing work” and then they move on. 😄

The asset relocator is required as you can’t bundle a native module into a JS bundle (it’s native compiled code not JS). So it scans your dependencies, finds the native modules, and copies them to the appropriate place in the bundled application so that when you ship your app your native modules actually loads.

Apparently, when I google @marshallofsound/webpack-asset-relocator-loader the link to the fork at github is nowhere to be found. Just a note on why it ended up so problematic.

Yeah I was hopeful that fork wouldn’t live long and upstream would take the change 🤷‍♂ looks like that didn’t happen 😆

You can see my fork on GH --> https://github.com/MarshallOfSound/webpack-asset-relocator-loader it just has a single additional commit to support electron apps loading native modules where __dirname is not a thing

[MOZGIII]

Thanks a lot for your help and for your work @MarshallOfSound.