shell-local provisioner in packer version 1.2.5

[Scott M]

In packer versions before 1.2.4, I was able to do the following provisioner and have it work on both Windows and Linux:

  "provisioners": [

   {

      "type": "shell-local",

      "command": "chef install chefstuff.rb"

   }

 In newer packer versions, I get packer-shell395903719' is not recognized as an internal or external command

 

 In packer version 1.2.5, I have not been able to come up with a solution that will work on both Windows and Linux.

 

 Any ideas?

[Megan Marsh]

I don't think we made any changes to the shell-local provisioner between 1.2.4 and 1.2.5, but we did make a lot of changes to the provisioner in v1.2.4.  The docs for how to run it on windows vs. linux are here: https://www.packer.io/docs/provisioners/shell-local.html

I don't think I can help more specifically without a bigger chunk of the logs to look at.

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[Scott M]

Let me clarify, the packer change happened with version 1.2.4, in packer version 1.2.3, I could run the above provisioner on both Window 10 and Linux as is.  In Packer version 1.2.4, I would need to modify it to get it working on Windows 10, I only needed one packer json file for running on both Linux and Windows 10 in version 1.2.3  Now, it seems like I need one for Windows 10 and one for Linux

[Megan Marsh]

Yes, I understand. I'm sorry for this regression, but before this refactor, the vast majority of shell-local cases on windows didn't work, period. It's basically dumb luck that it worked for you at all. 

On windows 10, I assume you were using the Windows Linux Subsystem?  

That said, I have an idea for how I can make this usable for you in a future release -- can you open a bug report on Packer's github with steps to reproduce, information about how you were running this on Windows, and full debug output?

[Aaron Job]

Hello,

I am experiencing this issue also. Windows 10 not using the Windows Linux Subsystem.

Any thoughts regarding a workaround?

Thanks

[Megan Marsh]

Open a bug report with steps to reproduce. Any workaround is going to be very specific.

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[Aaron Job]

Thanks

Issue raised

https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6620

On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:59:31 AM UTC+10, Megan Marsh wrote:

Open a bug report with steps to reproduce. Any workaround is going to be very specific.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Aaron Job <Aa...@gravypower.net> wrote:

Hello,

I am experiencing this issue also. Windows 10 not using the Windows Linux Subsystem.

Any thoughts regarding a workaround?

Thanks

On Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 4:39:18 AM UTC+10, Megan Marsh wrote:

Yes, I understand. I'm sorry for this regression, but before this refactor, the vast majority of shell-local cases on windows didn't work, period. It's basically dumb luck that it worked for you at all. 

On windows 10, I assume you were using the Windows Linux Subsystem?  

That said, I have an idea for how I can make this usable for you in a future release -- can you open a bug report on Packer's github with steps to reproduce, information about how you were running this on Windows, and full debug output?

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[Megan Marsh]

Scott -- can you take a look at the issue https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/6620 and it's associated PR and build? I think the PR linked there will also solve your problem. 

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[Scott M]

yes, that resolved the issue. Thanks