Only support ELECTRON_NO_ASAR in non browser/renderer processes

lib/common/asar.js

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
   // Cache asar archive objects.
   const cachedArchives = {}
 
+  const isAsarDisabled = function () {
+    if (process.noAsar) {
+      return true
+    }
+    if (process.env.ELECTRON_NO_ASAR && process.type !== 'browser' && process.type !== 'renderer') {
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
   const getOrCreateArchive = function (p) {
     let archive = cachedArchives[p]
     if (archive != null) {
@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@
   // Separate asar package's path from full path.
   const splitPath = function (p) {
     // shortcut to disable asar.
-    if (process.noAsar || process.env.ELECTRON_NO_ASAR) {
+    if (isAsarDisabled()) {
       return [false]
     }
 

spec/asar-spec.js

@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ describe('asar package', function () {
           output += data
         })
         spawned.stdout.on('close', function () {
-          stats = JSON.parse(output)
+          const stats = JSON.parse(output)
           assert.equal(stats.isFile, true)
           assert.equal(stats.size, 778)
           done()