[rush] I am using rush with an electron project. When I create a distributable app, there is an error of missing modules.

[ahmadfaraz84]

Summary

I am using a rush monorepo with pnpm as package manager. There is a project for electron app, which works well in development mode, but when I try to make a distributable package, there occurs an error for missing modules. For example in the below image, there is a missing dependency for "flatbuffers".

Now, if I copy that module manually into the project level node_modules, this error resolves but another occurs for another dependency. The problem is the symlinks for sub-dependencies of external packages are not created in project_level node_modules.
Plus @zkochan has commented (in the link) that "pnpm doesn't work with electron apps".

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[iclanton]

I'll admit I've never worked with an electron app, so I'm not familiar with the details of what their dependency requirements are. Did @zkochan give any information on what the underlying issues are?

[iclanton]

Can you share a repro?

[ouyangxuxiang]

Is this bug solved？

[Iku-turso]

To OP: I suspect you are using electron-builder to build your distributable electron app. I also suspect you are using pnpm with isolated hoisting, being the default? That's incompatible with electron-builder, as it currently requires a flattened node_modules, instead of that thing pnpm does.

See here for more reasoning, context and a shameful workaround.