Binary execution fails on local dependencies

[leafac]

Binary execution fails on local dependencies

[leafac]

Hi @m0ar,

Thanks for using caxa and for reaching out.

caxa preserves symlinks. For example, suppose your project looks like the following:

package.json

{
  "type": "module",
  "dependencies": {
    "caxa": "^2.1.0"
  }
}

index.js

import fs from "node:fs/promises";
import path from "node:path";
import url from "node:url";

console.log(
  await fs.readFile(
    path.join(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), "../symlink"),
    "utf-8"
  )
);

$ echo Hello > original
$ ln -s original symlink

Then you package it with caxa:

$ npx caxa --input . --output example -- "{{caxa}}/node_modules/.bin/node" "{{caxa}}/index.js"

And run the executable:

$ ./example 
Hello

So unfortunately there’s something else about your infrastructure that’s going wrong. Maybe it might help you to check the contents of caxa/applications folder where your application will be unpackaged for running:

$ node -p "require(\"os\").tmpdir()"

Good luck and feel free to reopen the issue in case you think there’s something we can do to help.

[m0ar]

OK, that's great to know! This information will definitely help with the debugging :)

[erdemert]

Hi @m0ar,

Could you find a solution, I have a similar issue where my local dependencies are not included in the package.
Edit: I believe the package does not scan the upper directories when local packages are linked. There needs to be a way to somehow add packages from an upper directory.

[m0ar]

@erdemert nope, wasn't a good fit for our use case. We have embraced Nix instead :)