Support for running on Apple Silicon (arm64)

[LinusU]

Currently, the binary shipped in app-builder-bin is only built for x86_64, would it be possible to have it be a universal binary with support for arm64 as well?

$ file node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder
node_modules/app-builder-bin/mac/app-builder: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

[LinusU]

It seems like go build cannot produce universal binaries on its own. ref: golang/go#40698

On macOS this isn't a problem since we have lipo, but if we are cross compiling from e.g. Linux to macOS than it becomes a bit more tricky... One option is to ship two binaries instead, and have the js script pick the appropriate one...

[mmaietta]

@develar Friendly bump on this. This is really needed for electron-builder to work on the newer apple silicon macs because it can't execute ia32 binaries.

I can handle the electron-builder implementation, but I need the binary provided in this repo. Could you please assist?

[Nantris]

Copying from my accidental duplicate #100:

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Using this package via electron-builder inside a Docker on an Apple M2 machine results in:

⨯ cannot execute  cause=signal: segmentation fault
                    errorOut=qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped

                    command=wine /root/.cache/electron-builder/winCodeSign/winCodeSign-2.6.0/rcedit-ia32.exe '/tmp/et-db411cd21f3bbd882f3a5a30c58db6ff/t-8WkR4h/test-project-8/dist/win-unpacked/Test App ßW.exe' --set-version-string FileDescription 'Test App ßW' --set-version-string ProductName 'Test App ßW' --set-version-string LegalCopyright 'Copyright © 2024 Foo Bar' --set-file-version 1.1.0.42 --set-product-version 1.1.0.42 --set-version-string InternalName 'Test App ßW' --set-version-string OriginalFilename '' --set-version-string CompanyName 'Foo Bar' --set-icon /tmp/et-db411cd21f3bbd882f3a5a30c58db6ff/t-8WkR4h/test-project-8/build/icon.ico

Is it possible for app-builder to provide an x64 compatible rcedit.exe to resolve this issue so that cross-platform builds can be managed from a single machine? It currently requires a minimum of two machines, or an older Mac which will begin reaching end of life shortly. The final Intel-based Apple machines will reach EOL by 2027 by my rough estimate, but many already have.

As such we don't want to buy older hardware for a self-hosted CI pipeline, but nor can we but newer hardware due to this incompatibility.

[Nantris]

Friendly bump.

@develar, could you comment on this even if only to say no action is currently planned so we can gain some clarity about the future? Thank you for your wonderful work.

[Nantris]

Friendly bump. This would help us save a thousand dollars on hardware, and I'm sure we're not the only ones.

[mmaietta]

@Nantris I'm taking a stab at implementing this but my knowledge of Go is pretty much zero. I'll follow up here if I make any progress