npm_config_target_arch=arm64 install x64 on a x64 server

[Zoey2936]

Issue Summary

when I run (on x64 server):

npm_config_target_platform=linux npm_config_target_arch=arm64 yarn add sqlite3@v5.1.6
file node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v6-linux-musl-arm64/node_sqlite3.node 

it returns:
node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v6-linux-musl-arm64/node_sqlite3.node: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, ARM aarch64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, with debug_info, not stripped

when doing the same with v5.1.7:

npm_config_target_platform=linux npm_config_target_arch=arm64 yarn add sqlite3@v5.1.7
file node_modules/sqlite3/build/Release/node_sqlite3.node

it returns:
node_modules/sqlite3/build/Release/node_sqlite3.node: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, with debug_info, not stripped

so v5.1.7 installs the x64 binary even if I say I want the arm64 binary

Relevant logs or output

see above

Version

v5.1.7

Node.js Version

v21.5.0

How did you install the library?

npm_config_target_platform=linux npm_config_target_arch=arm64 yarn add sqlite3@version

[laurent22]

It seems we had the same issue with 5.1.7 - in our case it was with an Electron app and apparently it resulted in an x64 version being built instead of arm64. Reverting to 5.1.6 fixed the issue: laurent22/joplin#9922

That's not great anyway to have such major bug in a patch release. Are the developers even aware of the issue?