npx+quasar+electron-builder = bad news

[rotu]

Description

There is a recommendation to run quasar under npx but this causes the build process to hang if there are native dependencies to rebuild:

electron-userland/electron-builder#6411

I'm not sure whether this needs a fix/workaround in Quasar but it deserves at least a warning.

Documentation Section URL

https://quasar.dev/start/quasar-cli#running-without-the-global-quasar-cli

Flavour

Quasar CLI with Vite (@quasar/cli | @quasar/app-vite)

Areas

Quasar CLI Commands/Configuration (@quasar/cli | @quasar/app-webpack | @quasar/app-vite), Electron Mode

[rotu]

Root cause npm/cli#6662 is now fixed in npm@10.1.0!

[rstoenescu]

Closing since it's not a Quasar CLI issue, but an npm one.
Please comment if I am missing anything.

[rotu]

@rstoenescu Yes, it's an npm issue that impacts Quasar. As with most software issues, the bug is easy to trip over without knowing the root cause or that it's a bug and not user error.

I added it here because I thought it might merit either:

1. A word in the documentation which currently mentions running Quasar under npx.
2. A workaround e.g. by fixing up the environment variable $npm_execpath if pointing to something other than an instance of npm or yarn.
3. A contextual warning if the user is running quasar build and npm is <10.1

I trust your judgement in whatever is most in line with Quasar CLI's DX philosophy