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Issue with duplicate names for .Node files (packaging .Node files with distribution)

See original GitHub issue

I’m currently working through an issue with utilizing ref-napi & ffi-api and bundling an executable for Windows where there are two .Node files I need packaged that have the same name.

> pkg@4.4.9
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\ref-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\electron.napi.node
  %2: path-to-executable/electron.napi.node
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\ref-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\node.napi.node
  %2: path-to-executable/node.napi.node
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\ffi-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\electron.napi.node
  %2: path-to-executable/electron.napi.node
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\ffi-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\node.napi.node
  %2: path-to-executable/node.napi.node
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\os-service\build\Release\service.node
  %2: path-to-executable/service.node
> Warning Cannot include addon %1 into executable.
  The addon must be distributed with executable as %2.
  %1: ...\project\node_modules\iconv\build\Release\iconv.node
  %2: path-to-executable/iconv.node

The problem is that I cannot differentiate the \ref-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\node.napi.node file and the \ffi-napi\prebuilds\win32-x64\node.napi.node file. This is causing me to be unable to package up my distribution.

I’m working through the issue, but saw no solution to this problem in the docs. If I get an update I’ll be certain to update it here and provide a resolution path, but thought the pkg community may have an idea how to get over this hurdle.

Thanks!