fix(deb): Can't run generated app due to wrong permission

Closes #786

package.json

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "tunnel-agent": "^0.4.3",
     "update-notifier": "^1.0.2",
     "uuid-1345": "^0.99.6",
-    "yargs": "^5.0.0"
+    "yargs": "^6.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "appdmg-tf": "0.4.9"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     "ava-tf": "^0.16.0",
     "babel-plugin-array-includes": "^2.0.3",
     "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-destructuring": "^6.16.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-parameters": "^6.16.0",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-parameters": "^6.17.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-spread": "^6.8.0",
     "decompress-zip": "^0.3.0",
     "diff": "^3.0.0",
@@ -148,8 +148,5 @@
   "release": {
     "verifyConditions": []
   },
-  "typings": "./out/electron-builder.d.ts",
-  "publishConfig": {
-    "tag": "next"
-  }
+  "typings": "./out/electron-builder.d.ts"
 }

src/packager/dirPackager.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Promise as BluebirdPromise } from "bluebird"
-import { emptyDir, copy } from "fs-extra-p"
+import { emptyDir, copy, chmod } from "fs-extra-p"
 import { warn } from "../util/log"
 import { PlatformPackager } from "../platformPackager"
 import { debug7zArgs, spawn } from "../util/util"
@@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ export async function pack(packager: PlatformPackager<any>, out: string, platfor
     await copy(path.resolve(packager.info.projectDir, electronDist, "Electron.app"), path.join(out, "Electron.app"))
   }
 
+  if (platform === "linux") {
+    // https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/786
+    // fix dir permissions — opposite to extract-zip, 7za creates dir with no-access for other users, but dir must be readable for non-root users
+    await BluebirdPromise.all([
+      chmod(path.join(out, "locales"), "0755"),
+      chmod(path.join(out, "resources"), "0755")
+    ])
+  }
+
   if (platform === "darwin" || platform === "mas") {
     await(<any>require("./mac")).createApp(packager, out, initializeApp)
   }