reverting #9068

Author: mmaietta

.changeset/sour-cars-listen.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"app-builder-lib": patch
+---
+
+fix: revert PR https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068 due to breaking change

packages/app-builder-lib/scheme.json

@@ -1965,7 +1965,7 @@
           "description": "The executable parameters. Pass to executableName"
         },
         "executableName": {
-          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.",
+          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`\nNote: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068",
           "type": [
             "null",
             "string"
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "executableName": {
-          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.",
+          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`\nNote: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068",
           "type": [
             "null",
             "string"
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "executableName": {
-          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.",
+          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`\nNote: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068",
           "type": [
             "null",
             "string"
@@ -6605,7 +6605,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "executableName": {
-          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.",
+          "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`\nNote: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068",
           "type": [
             "null",
             "string"
@@ -7380,7 +7380,7 @@
       ]
     },
     "executableName": {
-      "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.",
+      "description": "The executable name. Defaults to `productName`\nNote: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068",
       "type": [
         "null",
         "string"

packages/app-builder-lib/src/linuxPackager.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class LinuxPackager extends PlatformPackager<LinuxConfiguration> {
     super(info, Platform.LINUX)
 
     const executableName = this.platformSpecificBuildOptions.executableName ?? info.config.executableName
-    this.executableName = executableName == null ? this.appInfo.sanitizedProductName : sanitizeFileName(executableName)
+    this.executableName = executableName == null ? this.appInfo.sanitizedName.toLowerCase() : sanitizeFileName(executableName)
   }
 
   get defaultTarget(): Array<string> {

packages/app-builder-lib/src/options/PlatformSpecificBuildOptions.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ export interface PlatformSpecificBuildOptions extends TargetSpecificOptions, Fil
   readonly artifactName?: string | null
 
   /**
-   * The executable name. Defaults to `productName`.
+   * The executable name. Defaults to `productName`
+   * Note: Except for Linux, where this would constitute a breaking change in previous behavior and lead to both invalid executable names and Desktop files. Ref comments in: https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/pull/9068
    */
   readonly executableName?: string | null