Unable to override "https://electronjs.org/headers" during electron-builder install-app-deps

• electron-builder Version: 22.10.5
• Electron Version: 11.3.x
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current
• Target: win

It is not possible to override npm_config_disturl during electron-builder install-app-deps this setting depends on some weird (for me) parameter useCustomDist

https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/a879ba7f02ea704084b9672d6b9c9a47b7e5c27d/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/yarn.ts#L63

But as I have checked this parameter is always true:

https://github.com/search?q=org%3Aelectron-userland+useCustomDist&type=code

It is important for me to fast fix this, but I am not sure how it should be changed properly (without breaking changes to projects using it).

Why I need this change? I have an environment with restricted network access rules. So I am getting: gyp verb created nodedir C:\Users\Administrator\.electron-gyp\11.3.0 gyp http GET https://electronjs.org/headers/v11.3.0/node-v11.3.0-headers.tar.gz gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install

I have downloaded all needed files to our secure repository, but I am unable to make it work with the new dist-url.

[mmaietta]

It looks like you can override it via process.env https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/a879ba7f02ea704084b9672d6b9c9a47b7e5c27d/packages/app-builder-lib/src/util/yarn.ts#L44-L54

For a quick solution, just add a patch locally to set useCustomDist to false and then use patch-package to persist it across npm installs? https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/blob/a879ba7f02ea704084b9672d6b9c9a47b7e5c27d/packages/electron-builder/src/cli/install-app-deps.ts#L63

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