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Mac build fails against electron v4.0.0-beta.3

See original GitHub issue

Version: 20.28.4
Target: mac

When builder against electron v4.0.0-beta.3 I get the following error:

  • packaging       platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=4.0.0-beta.3 appOutDir=dist/mac
[xmldom error]  invalid doc source
@#[line:0,col:undefined]
TypeError: Cannot read property 'documentElement' of undefined
    at parse (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/plist/lib/parse.js:68:9)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/electron/electronMac.ts:51:25
From previous event:
    at createMacApp (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/out/electron/electronMac.js:245:17)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/electron/ElectronFramework.ts:75:11
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at beforeCopyExtraFiles (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/out/electron/ElectronFramework.js:147:17)
    at beforeCopyExtraFiles (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/electron/ElectronFramework.ts:150:14)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:222:13
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at runCallback (timers.js:694:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:665:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:647:5)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.doPack (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/platformPackager.ts:166:165)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:88:63
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at MacPackager.pack (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/macPackager.ts:80:95)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:376:24
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at xfs.stat (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/mkdirs.js:56:16)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/graceful-fs/polyfills.js:287:18
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:155:5)
From previous event:
    at Packager.doBuild (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:344:39)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:314:57
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:99:16
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:43:10
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:141:20)
From previous event:
    at Packager._build (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:285:133)
    at /Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:281:23
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
From previous event:
    at Packager.build (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/packager.ts:238:14)
    at build (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/app-builder-lib/src/index.ts:58:28)
    at build (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/electron-builder/src/builder.ts:227:10)
    at then (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:42:48)
    at runCallback (timers.js:694:18)
    at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:665:5)
    at processImmediate (timers.js:647:5)
From previous event:
    at Object.args [as handler] (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:42:48)
    at Object.runCommand (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/yargs/lib/command.js:238:44)
    at Object.parseArgs [as _parseArgs] (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:1085:24)
    at Object.get [as argv] (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/yargs/yargs.js:1000:21)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/nick/Documents/archipelago/node_modules/electron-builder/src/cli/cli.ts:25:28)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:742:12)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:279:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:752:3)```

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Created 5 years ago
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Comments:11 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

17reactions

hn6potcommented, Jan 15, 2019

You should use electron builder 20.31.3, it works perfectly with electron 4.0.1 !

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audionerdcommented, Oct 23, 2018

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