code object is not signed at all

• Version: 20.25.0

• Target: macos

When I build for windows using NSIS, I have no issue signing the app. However, when I try to build for macos, I get code object is not signed at all because of my LICENSE.txt being in the Contents directory. It’s the same issue here: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/2522 but it doesn’t seem like it was fixed

In my package.json, I have:

{
   ...
   "build": {
      ...
      "extraFiles": "LICENSE.txt"
   }
}

I created an afterPack script to move the file myself but the same issue persists

[Christilut]

My solution was simple, don’t use a file without extension. It seems to assume that without extension it is a binary that must be signed. I just changed my LICENSE file to LICENSE.txt

If you can’t do that, I’d suggest signing it manually with the codesign CLI tool, it’s really easy.

[ykssheng]

When I manually codesign the executable file on Mac, I have this error message main executable failed strict validation with the following command

codesign -f -v -s "Company Name" <executable file>