Not building dmg file macOSX 12.5

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Appstudio 8.5.7.4 - No longer buidling dmg file “Make Desktop App for Distribution using Electron”

The executable is created in electon/dist/mac folder but no dmg file.

Checking the Appstudio log -

2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • electron-builder  version=23.3.3 os=21.6.0
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • loaded configuration  file=package.json ("build" field)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • packaging       platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=18.3.13 appOutDir=dist/mac
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • skipped macOS application code signing  reason=cannot find valid "Developer ID Application" identity or custom non-Apple code signing certificate, it could cause some undefined behaviour, e.g. macOS localized description not visible, see https://electron.build/code-signing allIdentities=  1) 721AFB99A4C53A2D25A8D4B171464C7C06A6E5B9 "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 2) 8841FE7F8048ADA068520564623CA530C0B8EBCD "gdb-cert" (CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 3) F17E0AB1A37C1CAAD558CF424CF142C547B09A6F "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 4) 5F46EAC5E69EA06F29F979F9F4590EB1E43A9ED3 "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 4 identities found
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - Valid identities only
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 0 valid identities found
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • building        target=macOS zip arch=x64 file=dist/Appointments-1.5.6-mac.zip
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • building        target=DMG arch=x64 file=dist/Appointments-1.5.6.dmg
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • building block map  blockMapFile=dist/Appointments-1.5.6-mac.zip.blockmap
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - ⨯ Exit code: 1. Command failed: which python
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: Exit code: 1. Command failed: which python
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - at /Users/Projects/Appointments.appstudio/electron/node_modules/builder-util/src/util.ts:133:18
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:404:5)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO -

Any ideas…

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I tried it here, both on Mac OS 12.6 and 10.14.6. Both worked fine.

Can you try deleting the electron folder in your project, and doing it again?

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Done that and still not working.

Does it have anything to do with these certificate messages?

2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • packaging       platform=darwin arch=x64 electron=18.3.13 appOutDir=dist/mac
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • skipped macOS application code signing  reason=cannot find valid "Developer ID Application" identity or custom non-Apple code signing certificate, it could cause some undefined behaviour, e.g. macOS localized description not visible, see https://electron.build/code-signing allIdentities=  1) 721AFB99A4C53A2D25A8D4B171464C7C06A6E5B9 "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 2) 8841FE7F8048ADA068520564623CA530C0B8EBCD "gdb-cert" (CSSMERR_TP_NOT_TRUSTED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 3) F17E0AB1A37C1CAAD558CF424CF142C547B09A6F "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 4) 5F46EAC5E69EA06F29F979F9F4590EB1E43A9ED3 "com.apple.idms.appleid.prd.73694365455a4b545171322f4a6b502b5062466142673d3d" (CSSMERR_TP_CERT_EXPIRED)
2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - 4 identities found
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It could - did you check out the page the error message lists?

https://www.electron.build/code-signing

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No I haven’t as yet thank you, whats strange it was working and now has stopped. strange.

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Ok, I’ve checked the previous logs and those certificate messages allows appeared, however the messages from the log only appears in this failure to build dmg

2022-09-23 16:37:46,322 - IDEController - INFO - • building block map  blockMapFile=dist/Appointments-1.5.6-mac.zip.blockmap
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - ⨯ Exit code: 1. Command failed: which python
2022-09-23 16:37:46,323 - IDEController - INFO - failedTask=build stackTrace=Error: Exit code: 1. Command failed: which python
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The failure of which python is interesting. We’ll have a closer look at that.

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Still no luck reproducing it. What is in your Electron package.json property?

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Actually - any chance you can send me your whole project folder directly?

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It does not matter which project even a sample project does not build.

In the /usr/bin folder there is a python3 file but not a python file which the error log shows.

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I have managed to resolve it by changing the following parameters.
Delete the elctron folder first.
“electron”: “^18.0.0”,
“electron-builder”: “^23.0.3”,

Thank you.

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Good thinking. Removing the electron folder forces a complete reload of the electron environment.