A Very Unhelpful error message

[TheManOfficial]

Pre-flight checklist

• I have read the contribution documentation for this project.
• I agree to follow the code of conduct that this project uses.
• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

9.2.0

Electron version

9.2.0

Operating system

PikaOS 3 (Ubuntu 23.10, Lunar Lobster Based)

Last known working Electron Forge version

9.2.0

Expected behavior

Either an actually descriptive error or it to go on as normal

Actual behavior

Gives me a very unhelpful error and will not continue the build:
An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ','

Steps to reproduce

It was working just fine yesterday when I made a build, all I've done since then is rebooted my computer and try to build the exact same thing again.

Additional information

Full command run: npm run make
forge.config.js:
rebuildConfig: {},
makers: [
{
name: '@electron-forge/maker-squirrel',
config: {},
platforms: ["linux"]
},
{
name: "@electron-forge/maker-zip",
config: {},
platforms: ["linux"]
}
],
plugins: [
{
name: '@electron-forge/plugin-auto-unpack-natives',
config: {},
},
]
package.json:
{
"name": "dodge-the-french",
"version": "0.0.1",
"author": "The Man Studios",
"license": "Restrictive As Fuck",
"description": "A game where baguette",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "electron-forge start",
"test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1",
"package": "electron-forge package",
"make": "electron-forge make"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@electron-forge/cli": "^6.4.2",
"@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^6.4.2",
"@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^6.4.2",
"@electron-forge/maker-squirrel": "^6.4.2",
"@electron-forge/maker-zip": "^6.4.2",
"@electron-forge/plugin-auto-unpack-natives": "^6.4.2",
"electron": "^26.2.0",
"electron-installer-debian": "^3.0.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0"
},
"icon": {
"iconPath": {
"win": "icons/icon.ico",
"linux": "icons/icon.png"
}
}
}

I cannot spot any errors in either of those files, even after looking at them for a while.

[erikian]

Do you have a full stack trace?

[TheManOfficial]

Do you have a full stack trace?

If you mean by using --verbose on the npm flags then yes:
0 verbose cli /usr/bin/node /usr/bin/npm
1 info using npm@9.2.0
2 info using node@v18.13.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 0ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:/usr/share/nodejs/npm/npmrc Completed in 2ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 2ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 2ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 0ms
9 timing config:load:file:/home/false/DTF/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 0ms
11 timing config:load:file:/home/false/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 1ms
13 timing config:load:file:/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 0ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 8ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 8ms
18 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 0ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
20 verbose title npm run electron
21 verbose argv "run" "electron" "--version"
22 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
23 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 2ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 3ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/false/.npm/_logs/2023-11-02T05_39_32_079Z-
26 verbose logfile /home/false/.npm/_logs/2023-11-02T05_39_32_079Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 4ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 17ms
31 verbose exit 0
32 timing npm Completed in 22ms
33 info ok

[erikian]

No, I mean the rest of the text close to where you're getting SyntaxError: Unexpected token ','.

[TheManOfficial]

Here:
$ npm run make

dodge-the-french@0.0.1 make
electron-forge make

✔ Checking your system
⠋ Loading configuration
✖ Loading configuration
› Unexpected token ','
◼ Resolving make targets
◼ Running package command
◼ Running preMake hook
◼ Making distributables
◼ Running postMake hook

An unhandled rejection has occurred inside Forge:
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ','

[erikian]

That's a syntax error in your forge.config.js file. The error message is a default JS error message, so it's not related to Forge in any way. I'd create a blank forge.config.js and start moving your configuration over a few lines at a time, this makes it easier to spot the error (and sometimes you just end up fixing the error without even noticing).