Electron-packager: Correct Syntax for --osx-sign parameter

[quadrophobiac]

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Please describe your issue:

I am unclear on how to use electron-packager to sign an OSX app. When I pass the command
electron-packager . "App" --platform=darwin --arch=x64 --electron-version=1.4.13 --app-bundle-id="com.org.app" --app-version="0.5.0" --build-version="0.5.2" --ignore=docs --ignore=packages --icon=resources/icon.icns --osx-sign.identity=<ID> --osx-sign.entitlements="path/default.entitlements.darwin.plist" --osx-sign.entitlements-inherit="path/default.entitlements.darwin.plist"

The command executes correctly generating this output at the end

Running electron-osx-sign with the options {"identity":"ID","entitlements":"packages/default.entitlements.darwin.plist","entitlements-inherit":"packages/default.entitlements.darwin.plist","platform":"darwin","app":"/path/darwin-x64/appdir/App.app","version":"n.n.n"}

However when I run the application through RB App Checker Lite and the following commands it indicates no signing has taken place

codesign -d --deep --verbose=2 -r- = code object is not signed at all
spctl --assess -vv - = source=no usable signature

The same thing happens irrespective of passing a string or the SHA-1 ID for the Code Signing Certificate. Is there a way to debug why the app is failing to be signed?

[malept]

Try running with the DEBUG=electron-osx-sign environment variable. Apart from that, I would look at the docs for electron-osx-sign, which handles all of the Mac app signing for Electron Packager.

[quadrophobiac]

Thanks @malept , that helped things out. I arrived at this conundrum via https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-osx-sign/wiki/3.-App-Sandbox-and-Entitlements which contains some outdated instructions - if I copy in the updated commands here would you be able to add them to that wiki documentation? (i'm documenting my process as I go and want to be able to improve existing documentation if possible)

[malept]

You should file an issue in the electron-osx-sign issue tracker so that @sethlu can review the changes you want to make to the wiki documentation..

[sethlu]

@quadrophobiac also, the electron-osx-sign guide was drafted last year to work as a config generator for electron-packager and electron-osx-sign here if you haven't checked out yet