[Bug]: Electron 18.3.9 can't read flags from electron18-flags.conf file

[bacteriostat]

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Electron Version

18.3.9

What operating system are you using?

Other Linux

Operating System Version

(ArchLinux) Linux 5.19.2-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC x86_64 GNU/Linux

What arch are you using?

x64

Last Known Working Electron version

18.3.6

Expected Behavior

Electron should read flags from electron18-flags.conf

Actual Behavior

Electron does not read flags from electron18-flags.conf. This error is shown when running vscode from terminal:

This happens with any flags in the file.

Testcase Gist URL

No response

Additional Information

No response

[jplatte]

I'm pretty sure the electron[N]-flags.conf files are specific to the Arch Linux packages. It might still be an upstream bug, but it should probably be reported at https://bugs.archlinux.org/ first.

[bacteriostat]

Sure, thanks. I will report it there.

Link to bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75667

[jplatte]

This has been confirmed to be specific to the arch linux package / VSCode (see comments on the linked bug report). There is no Electron bug here.

[bacteriostat]

Yes, I guess we can close this issue?