If I download MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/) to a brand new Windows 11 computer, install it, update it, then install GNUCobol using pacman, cobc, after pressing enter, just comes back with another prompt. No message, no nothing. Here's what I do to recreate the problem:
1) Download and install MSYS2 from https://www.msys2.org/
2) Start MSYS2 MSYS
3) Type pacman -Syu
4) Type pacman -Su
5) Type pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gnucobol
- Not that install works fine and all dependencies are installed
6) Close MSYS2 MSYS and open MSYS2 MINGW64
7) Type: cobc
- All that is displayed is another terminal prompt
8) If I type cobc --version
- All that is displayed is another terminal prompt
How to fix the problem
1) Using Add/Remove programs, remove MSYS2
2) Delete the MSYS64 directory from the C: drive
3) Reinstall MSYS2
4) Start MSYS2 MSYS and type: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gnucobol
- Note that I did zero updates or did I install anything else
5) Close MSYS2 MSYS, open MSYS2 MINGW64
6) Type: cobc
- Get the appropriat configuration file missing issue (good)
7) Type: cobc --version
- Get the version (3.2 rc2) displayed just fine
Note: If I do a pacman -Syu and pacman -Su after this, cobc stops working again
This is new behavior. I've never had this happen before. Any ideas? Thanks everyone!
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That is a MSYS2 packaging issue, see description at https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/19556 (rebuild of the package was forced and should fix that, the binaries possibly need some time to be available (another pacman -Syu will then fix it).
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Rechecked: the rebuilt worked, now works as expected.
Just in case you didn't knew: To use that within one of MSYS2's environments (MinGW/UCRT/whatever) start with . cobenv.sh, if you want to use that within a cmd window start with cobenv.cmd.
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Hey!
If I download MSYS2 (https://www.msys2.org/) to a brand new Windows 11 computer, install it, update it, then install GNUCobol using pacman, cobc, after pressing enter, just comes back with another prompt. No message, no nothing. Here's what I do to recreate the problem:
1) Download and install MSYS2 from https://www.msys2.org/
2) Start MSYS2 MSYS
3) Type pacman -Syu
4) Type pacman -Su
5) Type pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gnucobol
- Not that install works fine and all dependencies are installed
6) Close MSYS2 MSYS and open MSYS2 MINGW64
7) Type: cobc
- All that is displayed is another terminal prompt
8) If I type cobc --version
- All that is displayed is another terminal prompt
How to fix the problem
1) Using Add/Remove programs, remove MSYS2
2) Delete the MSYS64 directory from the C: drive
3) Reinstall MSYS2
4) Start MSYS2 MSYS and type: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gnucobol
- Note that I did zero updates or did I install anything else
5) Close MSYS2 MSYS, open MSYS2 MINGW64
6) Type: cobc
- Get the appropriat configuration file missing issue (good)
7) Type: cobc --version
- Get the version (3.2 rc2) displayed just fine
Note: If I do a pacman -Syu and pacman -Su after this, cobc stops working again
This is new behavior. I've never had this happen before. Any ideas? Thanks everyone!
That is a MSYS2 packaging issue, see description at https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues/19556 (rebuild of the package was forced and should fix that, the binaries possibly need some time to be available (another
pacman -Syuwill then fix it).I've informed them on discord. They have already responded: https://discordapp.com/channels/792780131906617355/1189237657864245348/1189290390629646336
Thanks for the update.
Rechecked: the rebuilt worked, now works as expected.
Just in case you didn't knew: To use that within one of MSYS2's environments (MinGW/UCRT/whatever) start with
. cobenv.sh, if you want to use that within a cmd window start withcobenv.cmd.