Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed

[meischke]

Hi,

I want to use pkg to create a windows binary of my app including lmdb.

I'm a little bit lost and don't know how to fix the error.
Is this a config thing ? windows ? node ? pkg ? lmdb ?
Node 14.19.1 is installed and used by pkg.
I built the native node files using the commands in lmdb package.json.

pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1833
      throw error;
      ^
Error: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed
C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pkg\ffc9b19bc2f52a93e9316025fa171e0b702d12bbd5781ad7c04c1dff7f471ea9\lmdb-win32-x64\node.abi83.node
    at process.dlopen (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:2212:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1144:18)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at Module.require (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1812:31)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:101:18)
    at load (C:\snapshot\lmdbpkgtest\node_modules\node-gyp-build-optional-packages\index.js:21:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\snapshot\lmdbpkgtest\node_modules\lmdb\dist\index.cjs:47:64)
    at Module._compile (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1887:22) {
  code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED'
}

index.js

const lmdb = require('lmdb')

package.json (with pkg config)

{
  "name": "lmdbpkgtest",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "bin": "src/index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "pkg": {
    "targets": [
      "node14-win-x64"
    ],
    "outputPath": "dist/",
    "assets": [
      "node_modules/lmdb-win32-x64/*"
    ]
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "lmdb": "^2.3.10"
  }
}

[kriszyp]

I tried this out locally and getting the same error. And I have tried this with a stripped-down barebones native .node module, still get this error or Module did not self-register error, so am wondering if pkg really works consistently with native modules.

[meischke]

Thanks for the test
It's the first time for me that pkg does not work.

I have tried caxa now. My "Hello World" binary with lmdb runs error free on windows and linux.

[kriszyp]

That's good to hear that you had some success. I think I have heard of people using nexe too (I haven't tried it).

I'd still be interested in figuring out the issue with pkg (and/or letting them know).

[kriszyp]

As it turns out, the issue was due the win_delay_load_hook: false flag. This is a rather cryptic bit of node-gyp configuration that I had thought was helpful for electron. I removed this line for now, which seems to fix this issue. But I will see if I can try this out with electron to see if it causes any regressions.

[kriszyp]

Seems like electron loads fine with this flag removed.