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new 6efbbe1fe6 Stop the probe from hanging on its Windows-version check
6efbbe1fe6 is described below
commit 6efbbe1fe626b61fe5b06f342d0bbd500d25f954
Author: Jim Jagielski <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Aug 11 13:34:32 2026 -0400
Stop the probe from hanging on its Windows-version check
cmd.exe inherits the terminal's stdin under mintty and never returns, which
strands the run at preflight before any real finding is printed.
---
msys2-probe.sh | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/msys2-probe.sh b/msys2-probe.sh
index 405b321776..f7b16e567d 100755
--- a/msys2-probe.sh
+++ b/msys2-probe.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ else
"this build mode is x86_64-only; arm64 Windows is deferred" CRITICAL
fi
-WINVER="$(cmd.exe /c ver 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r' | grep -o '[0-9][0-9.]*' |
head -1)"
+# Native console program under a pty: detach stdin and cap it, or it deadlocks.
+WINVER="$(timeout 5 cmd.exe /c ver </dev/null 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\r' | grep
-o '[0-9][0-9.]*' | head -1)"
info "Windows version" "${WINVER:-unknown}"
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