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Fails to build for Win32 platform on MacOS Catalina

See original GitHub issue

Version: 20.40.2

Electron-Updater: 4.0.6

Target: Win32

Cross-linking with this issue, as I’m not sure where it belongs.

It appears that MacOS Catalina no longer supports any 32-bit compatible binaries. Attempting to build for the win32 platform on MacOS Catalina produces an error of the form:

• packaging       platform=win32 arch=x64 electron=5.0.1 appOutDir=dist/win-unpacked
  • downloading               parts=8 size=62 MB url=https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v5.0.1/electron-v5.0.1-win32-x64.zip
  • downloaded                duration=4.605s url=https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v5.0.1/electron-v5.0.1-win32-x64.zip
  • downloading               parts=1 size=5.6 MB url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/winCodeSign-2.4.0/winCodeSign-2.4.0.7z
  • downloaded                duration=1.121s url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/winCodeSign-2.4.0/winCodeSign-2.4.0.7z
  • downloading               parts=4 size=26 MB url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/wine-2.0.3-mac-10.13/wine-2.0.3-mac-10.13.7z
  • downloaded                duration=2.325s url=https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder-binaries/releases/download/wine-2.0.3-mac-10.13/wine-2.0.3-mac-10.13.7z
  ⨯ error: fork/exec /Users/erichs/Library/Caches/electron-builder/wine/wine-2.0.3-mac-10.13/bin/wine: bad CPU type in executable