Build hangs when rebuilding native when using npx only

• Electron-Builder Version: 22.13.1

• Node Version: 16.13.0

• Electron Version: 8.5.5
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: darwin

npx electron-builder --mac

  • electron-builder  version=22.14.6 os=20.6.0
  • loaded configuration  file=package.json ("build" field)
  • loaded parent configuration  preset=react-cra
  • writing effective config  file=dist/builder-effective-config.yaml
  • rebuilding native dependencies  dependencies=drivelist@9.2.4 platform=darwin arch=x64
  • install prebuilt binary  name=drivelist version=9.2.4 platform=darwin arch=x64 napi=
  • build native dependency from sources  name=drivelist
                                          version=9.2.4
                                          platform=darwin
                                          arch=x64
                                          napi=
                                          reason=prebuild-install failed with error (run with env DEBUG=electron-builder to get more information)
                                          error=prebuild-install info begin Prebuild-install version 5.3.6
    prebuild-install WARN install prebuilt binaries enforced with --force!
    prebuild-install WARN install prebuilt binaries may be out of date!
    prebuild-install info looking for cached prebuild @ /Users/mifi/.npm/_prebuilds/fee87d-drivelist-v9.2.4-electron-v76-darwin-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install http request GET https://github.com/balena-io-modules/drivelist/releases/download/v9.2.4/drivelist-v9.2.4-electron-v76-darwin-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install http 404 https://github.com/balena-io-modules/drivelist/releases/download/v9.2.4/drivelist-v9.2.4-electron-v76-darwin-x64.tar.gz
    prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=8.5.5 runtime=electron arch=x64 libc= platform=darwin)

…then the command hangs and never returns.

When restarting the build with DEBUG we can see this printed:

  • execute command  command=/node-v16.13.0-darwin-x64/bin/node /node-v16.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js rebuild --verbose drivelist@9.2.4
                     workingDirectory=
  ⨯ cannot execute  cause=exit status 1
                    out=You forgot to tell me what to run when the files changes!

                    command=/node-v16.13.0-darwin-x64/bin/node /node-v16.13.0-darwin-x64/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js rebuild --verbose drivelist@9.2.4
                    workingDir=
  • exited          command=app-builder_amd64 code=2 pid=62703

It’s trying to run npx-cli.js of the module rebuild which I think is not what is intented. So something seems to be wrong with the code trying to run npm.

Instead running this command (without npx) yields a successful result:

./node_modules/electron-builder --mac

...
  • execute command  command=npm rebuild --verbose drivelist@9.2.4 workingDirectory=
  • command executed  executable=npm
                      out=rebuilt dependencies successfully

[RicoBrase]

Just encountered this today for myself. Updated node vom v12 to v16 & npm dependencies from an old project from like 2019 or so and npx electron-builder would hang for me after checking for prebuilds on this command:

/usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js rebuild --verbose <package1> <package2> <package3> workingDirectory=

Calling npm exec electron-builder wont hang here and will result in a successful build.

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electron-builder: v23.0.3 node: v16.15.1 npm: v8.11.0

[mifi]

Still an issue with npx