Missing app-update.yml, why is this file mandatory ?

[adriencohen]

Hello,

We have multiple users who have issues of with the auto update due to the app-update.yml gone missing and they end up with:

ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Programs\electron-app-here\resources\app-update.yml'

I checked the installers, they are all writing this file without any issues on my computer. We migth have found how the file is getting deleted and it would not be related to electron-builder.

However, I was wondering why is this file so important ? In our app we already use autoUpdater.setFeedUrl() so from what I see in app-update.yml the updater is only missing the updaterCacheDirName. Which lead me to wondering why we can't set it with autoUpdater and bypass completely the need to read app-update.yml.

[adam-lynch]

I ran into this today while migrating an app from Squirrel to NSIS. I was manually setting the feed URL but I still had to create the app-update.yml file (in the Squirrel app) because of this error

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

[abenoit-reeliant]

If anyone has any insight on this issue, I'm still interested in an answer. I feel like this file should not be mandatory if the required information is provided by the application on runtime.

[mhosken]

Or perhaps if the information is missing, don't bother trying to auto update? I too have fallen foul of this and it makes it impossible to use the app. This is a breaking bug since it makes it impossible for a normal user to get past it and actually run the app. OOI how does one work around this?