electron-compile support bug

[jessb321]

• Version: 16.8.3

• Target: All

So, I'm using electron-compile for development, and would like to use babel for distribution - however, I need to change the entry point for babel - is there any way to do this within electron-builder?

Thanks

[develar]

--em.main=foo.js

[jessb321]

Ah, that should work! Is there any way to do it with the json config?

[develar]

I'm using electron-compile for development, and would like to use babel for distribution

electron-compile is supported. Don't recommended to use babel officially — please see electron-userland/electron-compile#207 (comment)

[jessb321]

Ok, when I tried that it gave me an error saying that es6-init.js had not been precompiled? Not sure if thats on my side or not however

[develar]

If you insist — "WHAT? I just want bablel", electron-builder can do something smart for you. But please think twice.

[develar]

Please provide project or sample to reproduce and I will check.

[jessb321]

Here is the project I am using. I run npm run dist to build NSIS installer.

[develar]

I will check after my working day (10 hours).

[jessb321]

Ok thanks

[jessb321]

Actually, I think I've found the reason electron-compile isn't working in built application on my windows box - the cache isn't being populated with built files, rather just compiler-info.json.gz. I tested on my mac box and it worked absolutely fine and actually populated the cache. I also tested making the cache on windows myself, and that actually had the built files in there - however when I ran electron-builder it removed the contents and just left compiler-info.json.gz @develar

[jessb321]

Any update on this @develar ?

[develar]

Sorry for delay, I will take a look soon.

[jessb321]

Ok thankyou

[whphhg]

I'm trying to pack https://github.com/whphhg/vcash-electron/blob/22d7124a948cbcd2d99291645c59791b54736ce2/package.json on Linux (tar.gz).

The package.json above is not yet updated to include electron-builder, these are the changes I've made:

• I've moved electron-compile to dependencies (was in devDependencies)
• Added pack and dist to scripts ("pack": "build --dir", "dist": "build")
• Added build: "build": { "appId": "vcash.electron.gui", "linux": { "category": "Network", "target": [ "tar.gz" ] } }

I keep getting the following error when I try to run the binary in dist/linux-unpacked Error: Asked for /home/.../app.asar/initialize.js but it was not precompiled!, which is strange because when I execute npm run pack it looks like it's precompiling the source.

npm run pack
[email protected] pack /home/whphhg/Vcash/electron
build --dir
No native production dependencies
Packaging for linux x64 using electron 1.6.7 to dist/linux-unpacked
Compiling using electron-compile

Edit: I've updated the master with a temporary fix until a proper solution is found, if you're using the source as a test please use it at this point.

[jessb321]

Sorry to be a bother, but have you found any fix for this? @develar