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Symbolic linked dependency's node_modules is not included in ASAR

See original GitHub issue

Version: 19.16.1

Target: mac --dir

If the dependency listed in package.json is a symbolic link, for example, created by yarn link, then that dependency’s node_modules is not included in final ASAR, which made target app unable to run. This worked in electron-builder 19.10.0

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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dsanders11commented, Dec 21, 2018

@develar, this is still a problem for me. Dependencies which were symbolically linked via yarn link do not get packaged.

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develarcommented, Feb 1, 2018

I hope it is fixed now.

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