RPM Package doesn't install without the --ignoreos parameter

[sbadux]

What version of WebTorrent Desktop are you using?
webtorrent-desktop-0.23.0-1.x86_64.rpm

What operating system and version?
Fedora 32 64bit

What happened?
I downloaded the package webtorrent-desktop-0.23.0-1.x86_64.rpm then I run from the terminal
rpm -i webtorrent-desktop-0.23.0-1.x86_64.rpm
the terminal says that the package is "intended for a different operating system".
It can be installed forcing the --ignoreos option and it seems to work

What did you expect to happen?
It should install webtorrent without the --ignoreos option

Are you willing to submit a pull request to fix this bug?
I'm not a developer so I can't help :(

[hicom150]

Sent electron-userland/electron-installer-redhat#175 to try to fix the problem.
Let's hope that it gets approved soon 😅

[fcastilloec]

In order to properly fix this, you have to build the .rpm on a Linux machine, perhaps use GitHub actions (or Travis) to build.
Otherwise, no matter what you do, RPM will always override the OS parameter with the system you're using to build to make sure that people don't just specify any OS as the target while building on a non-compatible platform.

[hicom150]

I've tested that with the submitted PR we can override the OS parameter and create a valid linux targeted .rpm from macOS, but as you correctly suggested, I think in the long run it could be very interesting to migrate to GitHub Actions all the building process 👍

There is already an issue #1678 with a similar suggestion 😉