Pengwin: Build 18945 breaks cmd-exe in /etc/profile.d/00-pengwin.sh on WSL2

Created on 27 Jul 2019 · 8Comments · Source: WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin

See Twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/toktech/status/1154995860972998656

See WSL bug report here: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4337

Independent reproduction here: https://twitter.com/sferquel/status/1154876510408327168?s=20

Bug Insider Patched Upstream Issue Workaround

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sirredbeard

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I have the same exact issue, but I tried to click on Ctrl + C and you will see you will get the prompt command, now, try to comment these lines inside the 00-pengwin.sh and it will work

#wHomeWinPath=$(cmd-exe /c 'echo %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%' | tr -d '\r')
#export WIN_HOME=$(wslpath -u "${wHomeWinPath}")

hMounir on 29 Jul 2019

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"Possible workaround is to edit /etc/profile.d/00-pengwin.sh to comment the lines containing cmd-exe or similar references." - Tobias Kohlbau

sirredbeard on 27 Jul 2019

Also, pengwin-setup is not working with the same reason. people who need work with Pengwin on this build should switch to WSL 1 temporarily.

patrick330602 on 27 Jul 2019

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I have the same exact issue, but I tried to click on Ctrl + C and you will see you will get the prompt command, now, try to comment these lines inside the 00-pengwin.sh and it will work

#wHomeWinPath=$(cmd-exe /c 'echo %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%' | tr -d '\r')
#export WIN_HOME=$(wslpath -u "${wHomeWinPath}")

hMounir on 29 Jul 2019

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@hMounir I tried your work around but there are still a lot of things that won't work after upgrading to wsl2. For example code . no longer works.

Tried upgrading vanilla Ubuntu-18.04 to wsl2 and it doesn't seem to have this issue.