[mac/mas/mas-dev] entitlements plist in binary format crashes application

• Version: 22.6.0

• Electron Version: 8.2.5
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: mas, mas-dev, mac

Entitlements plist in binary format crashes application if it uses com.apple.security.app-sandbox necessary for App Store.

If entitlements has com.apple.security.app-sandbox then electron-builder try to automate entitlements creation: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/app-builder-lib/electron-osx-sign/util-entitlements.js#L34

And save new entitlements to binary format: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/master/packages/app-builder-lib/electron-osx-sign/util-entitlements.js#L87 instead XML.

Binary format of entitlements produces:

• Crash on startup on mas and mas-dev build.
• Crash on startup on mac build with sandbox enabled.

electron-osx-sign uses almost the same logic but saves plists to plain XML format.

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/tree/master/packages/app-builder-lib/electron-osx-sign - saves binary format through https://github.com/develar/app-builder package.

Fix of issue: https://github.com/develar/app-builder/pull/34

Related issues:

• https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/4040
• https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/4834
• https://github.com/electron/electron-osx-sign/issues/225
• https://github.com/electron/electron-osx-sign/issues/223
• https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/4790
• https://github.com/electron/electron-osx-sign/issues/192
• https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/20560

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