ci: fix Linux arm64 release by using a native fpm#308
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electron-builder bundles only an x86 fpm binary, so the deb/pacman targets fail with 'Exec format error' on the native ubuntu-24.04-arm runner. Install a native fpm on the arm64 leg and export USE_SYSTEM_FPM to $GITHUB_ENV there so electron-builder uses it. Scope the flag to arm64: defining USE_SYSTEM_FPM at all (even empty) makes electron-builder use a system fpm, which the x64 runner does not have.
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Approving. 🚀 Clean, correctly-scoped fix — keeping USE_SYSTEM_FPM inside the arm64 if (exported via $GITHUB_ENV) so x64 stays on the working bundled binary is exactly the right call; that subtlety is easy to get wrong.
And thank you for the verification: a real fork release (v2.9.2) with the arm64 .deb/.pacman/.AppImage/.tar.gz actually attached is precisely what closes the gap that let this slip through — so, genuinely, no apology needed at all. Great catch, precise diagnosis, textbook fix. Merging now; it ships with v2.10.0. 🙏
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Fixes #307
Problem
electron-builder bundles only an x86
fpmbinary, which thedebandpacmantargets shell out to. On the nativeubuntu-24.04-armrunner it can't execute:AppImageandtar.gzdon't usefpm, so they build first and the job only dies at thedebstep, failing the wholedist:linuxrun. The result: v2.9.0 shipped with no Linux arm64 assets while every other platform succeeded.Fix
On the arm64 leg only, install a native
fpmand setUSE_SYSTEM_FPM=trueso electron-builder packagesdeb/pacmanwith it. The x64 leg is unchanged and keeps using the bundled binary.Verification
Full release matrix run on my fork. Linux x64, Linux arm64, and Windows all built and uploaded; macOS fails only because my fork lacks the code-signing secrets, which is unrelated to this change.
.deb/.pacman/.AppImage/.tar.gzattached: https://github.com/robwilkerson/zennotes/releases/tag/v2.9.2