CreateZipFromDirectory exception on macOS Catalina (10.15)

[malept]

Squirrel version(s)
1.9.1 (as bundled in electron-winstaller 4.0.0)

Description

On macOS Catalina (10.15), 32-bit apps such as 32-bit wine can no longer be run. This means that running Windows apps with wine will not work. Instead, it should be using wine64.

Steps to recreate

On macOS 10.15:

1. Make sure wine-stable and mono are installed (brew cask install xquartz wine-stable mono)
2. Either:
   • use electron-winstaller, or
   • run wine Squirrel.exe --releasify MyApp.1.0.0.nupkg

Expected behavior

Executes normally.

Actual behavior

Output:

Error {
    message: `Failed with exit code: 255␊

    Output:␊
    System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. () ---> System.Exception␊
      at Squirrel.Utility.CreateZipFromDirectory (System.String zipFilePath, System.String inFolder) [0x00119] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
       --- End of inner exception stack trace ---␊
      at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional (System.Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions) [0x00011] in <b6f643ae6ccb410db69142d5eaf9b9c1>:0 ␊
      at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait (System.Int32 millisecondsTimeout, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken) [0x00043] in <b6f643ae6ccb410db69142d5eaf9b9c1>:0 ␊
      at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait () [0x00000] in <b6f643ae6ccb410db69142d5eaf9b9c1>:0 ␊
      at Squirrel.ReleasePackage.CreateReleasePackage (System.String outputFile, System.String packagesRootDir, System.Func`2[T,TResult] releaseNotesProcessor, System.Action`1[T] contentsPostProcessHook) [0x001f7] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
      at Squirrel.Update.Program.Releasify (System.String package, System.String targetDir, System.String packagesDir, System.String bootstrapperExe, System.String backgroundGif, System.String signingOpts, System.String baseUrl, System.String setupIcon, System.Boolean generateMsi, System.String frameworkVersion, System.Boolean generateDeltas) [0x00214] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
      at Squirrel.Update.Program.executeCommandLine (System.String[] args) [0x004a2] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
      at Squirrel.Update.Program.main (System.String[] args) [0x00082] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
      at Squirrel.Update.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00006] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 ␊
    ---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception␊
      at Squirrel.Utility.CreateZipFromDirectory (System.String zipFilePath, System.String inFolder) [0x00119] in <a5ee691170b94c488950c75951ce1ba3>:0 <---␊
    `,
  }

Additional information

CI output where this occurred: https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/electron/windows-installer/81/workflows/fa34897f-dfa9-4a50-856a-34d3c1804c12/jobs/126

To work around this, I'm using macOS 10.14 in CI, but that doesn't help folks who are trying to use electron-winstaller on Catalina.

I suspect it has something to do with this:

Squirrel.Windows/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs

Lines 399 to 402 in 1b7220b

	if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Win32NT) {
	cmd = "wine";
	args = sevenZip + " " + args;
	}

My suggestion is to either:

• check the arch at runtime and set wine or wine64 accordingly
• use the WINE environment variable and fall back to wine

[alexthemonk]

I'm having the same issue.
It would be very helpful if someone could take a look at this.
Thanks in advance.

[sachinrekhi]

@malept were you able to find any workaround to this issue, as I'm running into this as well when trying to build my app on macOS Catalina. I thought I might be able to just symlink wine to wine64 on my machine to force the use on wine64, but unfortunately that still results in the same error above.

[malept]

The workarounds that I know of that reliably work are:

• Use a version of macOS before 10.15 (this is what I'm doing in CI for electron-winstaller)
• Use a Windows VM
• Use a Linux VM/container with 32-bit wine installed

[masterkain]

same issue on catalina :(

[malept]

Please don't add "same issue"-type comments to this issue, it only adds noise to the folks subscribed to it. Instead, please add a reaction to the issue summary.

[palmadias]

I am waiting a solution for this bug too. ;)

[fabiosoft]

Same for me

[mattfbacon]

I'm also having this issue on Arch Linux with kernel 5.7.7 (so not MacOS exclusive).

[malept]

@mattfbacon install the 32-bit version of Wine.

[mattfbacon]

Hmm, I'm not sure what you mean, but I believe that you mean regenerate the .wine folder with WINEARCH=win32. I did that, but now it just says "rcedit.exe failed with exit code 1. wine: '/home/matt/.wine' is a 32-bit installation, it cannot support 64-bit applications." and exits. (I don't want to hijack this thread, but I figured I ought to let you know.)

[malept]

@mattfbacon I still think you have a separate issue with a misconfigured wine (32 bit vs 64 bit). I would suggest (temporarily?) moving ~/.wine to ~/.wine32 so that the 64-bit version of wine can generate its installation.

Any further questions about your wine install should go to the Arch Linux forum or the Wine forum, since this really isn't a Wine troubleshooting issue.

[cjahv]

temporary solution:

1. brew install 7zip
2. mkdir wine_proxy
3. create a file wine_proxy/wine
4. add execute permission chmod +x wine_proxy/wine
5. set environment export PATH="$(pwd)/wine_proxy:$PATH"

wine_proxy/wine:

#!/usr/bin/env node
const { spawn } = require('child_process');

const args = process.argv.slice(2);
let cmd = args.shift();
const cwd = process.cwd();

if (cmd.endsWith('7z.exe')) {
    const z7Args = args.filter((v) => v !== 'on');
    spawn('7z', z7Args, { cwd });
} else {
    // cannot use 'wine' loop
    spawn('/opt/homebrew/bin/wine', [cmd, ...args], { cwd });
}

[hiwanz]

I think it's better to support both wine and wine64 cmd dynamically so that we don't have to change anything by default, cuz brew install them both

➜  ~ file `which wine`
/usr/local/bin/wine: Mach-O executable i386
➜  ~ file `which wine64`
/usr/local/bin/wine64: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64

Squirrel.Windows/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs

Line 171 in 76c87af

psi = new ProcessStartInfo("wine", fileName + " " + arguments);

Squirrel.Windows/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs

Line 379 in 76c87af

cmd = "wine";

Squirrel.Windows/src/Squirrel/Utility.cs

Line 400 in 76c87af

cmd = "wine";

[acgrid]

• brew install 7zip

Great approach! I managed to fix a series of issues when packaging Windows on MacOS 12.2 with cjahv's wrapper.

Note: the right path of wine should be got by which wine64.

spawn('/usr/local/bin/wine64', [cmd, ...args], { cwd });

Further memo about this topic:
Wine: https://wiki.winehq.org/MacOS
Mono: https://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/mac/
Alternative 7zip: brew install p7zip

[wwvevy]

Hi all, I have the same issue today. And I had tried so many ways to solve it. And there's a workaround of it.
Changing wine64-preloader&wine64 into wine-preloader&wine which in the folder /Applications/Wine\ Stable.app/Contents/Resources/wine/bin. Then this error solved.
But then I get another error that is about rcedit. So I have to deal with it. Then I solved it by replacing rcedit with rcedit which in the /node_modules/electron-winstaller/vendor.
It shows done at last.
But I find that exe file is just 200kb, and not able to run. So I go to check the Squirrel-Releasify.log in the same vendor. And it shows me Failed to write Zip to Setup.exe. So I have no idea about it. If anyone have solution about it, please let me know, THX.
Finnaly, I quit, and use win10 to build. And it goes well :)

[ToddAlvordMinerva]

For people still experiencing this issue try this, fixed the CreateZipFromDirectory error for me!

brew uninstall --cask xquartz
brew uninstall --cask wine-stable

brew tap gcenx/wine
brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-crossover

[hiwanz]

For people still experiencing this issue try this, fixed the CreateZipFromDirectory error for me!

brew uninstall --cask xquartz
brew uninstall --cask wine-stable

brew tap gcenx/wine
brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-crossover

@ToddAlvordMinerva Thx!!! It works fine for me.

[anaisbetts]

macOS is officially unsupported for Squirrel.Windows - if you get it to work, that's great, but tbh I recommend getting an actual Windows machine instead because even if you can build your Electron app on macOS, you're gonna have to test Windows before you ship something. You can set up CI via GitHub Actions to build an installer with some work

[Bug-Reaper]

macOS is officially unsupported for Squirrel.Windows - if you get it to work, that's great, but tbh I recommend getting an actual Windows machine instead because even if you can build your Electron app on macOS, you're gonna have to test Windows before you ship something. You can set up CI via GitHub Actions to build an installer with some work

Not everyone can afford a separate machine. Sending a windows installer to a friend or trusted user is much cheaper. Just because you can set up CI doesn't mean that's the most desirable solution.

[Bug-Reaper]

For people still experiencing this issue try this, fixed the CreateZipFromDirectory error for me!

brew uninstall --cask xquartz
brew uninstall --cask wine-stable

brew tap gcenx/wine
brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-crossover

I believe this no-longer works :'( at least I could never get it to work.