maker-deb config.depends has no effect

[NemoAlex]

Pre-flight checklist

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• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Electron Forge version

6.0.4

Electron version

18.3.6

Operating system

Linux x64

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

config.depends should work.

Actual behavior

config.depends not working.

Steps to reproduce

forge.config.js:

  makers: [
    {
      name: '@electron-forge/maker-deb',
      config: {
        depends: ['libopencv-dev']
      }
    }
  ]

Additional information

Looks like the problem is here:
https://github.com/electron/forge/blob/main/packages/maker/deb/src/MakerDeb.ts#L42
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-debian/blob/main/src/installer.js#L173
https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-installer-common/blob/master/src/dependencies.js#L126
Here leaves an empty options object during initialization.
This makes the merge option use empty content.

[AlexandarDjordjevic]

Any update on this? Thanks

[AlexandarDjordjevic]

Ok, the problem is in the line 126 electron-installer-common
This is not a valid question, because even if the options are empty object {}, this will evaluate to true.