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Description

I successfully updated our Node Addon. I also integrated out Gitlab CI/CD to automatically build the libs, however when building win32 on macOS I can see macOS files being referenced. I guess its because of the binding.gyp.

Here is the current command to build win32 on macOS:
npm_config_platform=win32 npm_config_target_platform=win32 ./node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp rebuild -target_platform=win32 --runtime=node --target=$NODE_VERSION
As you can see I also tried to set the npm_config_platform and npm_config_target_platform env variables. However without any success.

How to build windows Node Addons on macOS?

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Research direction

Start by inspecting binding.gyp and reproducing the npm_config_platform, npm_config_target_platform, and node-pre-gyp rebuild command described in the issue. Trace which macOS files are referenced during the win32 build. Done means the command builds the Windows Node addon on macOS without those macOS references.

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Assessment

Tech stack
gitlab, node.js
Domain
build-system, ci-cd, devops
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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