DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 delorie.com 5A8CXFGN4156798
DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 542C23858CDB
MIME-Version: 1.0
References: <CALXu0UfOCJ=svwfY4-4FAT+pPiNbcm6AZ=Wyv_Wi+57med6Hdw AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
In-Reply-To: <CALXu0UfOCJ=svwfY4-4FAT+pPiNbcm6AZ=Wyv_Wi+57med6Hdw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 13:31:34 +0100
Message-ID: <CALXu0Ue69cwiE=1dmEMn2X8ocBXNYoq+2A8frPtX5CCp-25Seg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: libargp package breaks getent utility Re: /usr/bin/getent no longer
 works in Windows 11
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Cedric Blancher via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-To: Cedric Blancher <cedric DOT blancher AT gmail DOT com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: "Cygwin" <cygwin-bounces~archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>

On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 12:50, Cedric Blancher <cedric DOT blancher AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
> Good morning!
>
> /usr/bin/getent passwd and /usr/bin/getent group no longer yield any
> output in the latest Cygwin 3.7-dev binaries.
>
> Something broke.
>
> I did some digging, and even /usr/bin/getent --help does not work
> anymore. strace getent then reported that the function "argp_parse" is
> missing in the binary.
> Downgrading the package does not help.

Downgrading the libargp package solved the problem.

Is testing /usr/bin/getent passwd and /usr/bin/getent group part of
the Cygwin CI?

Ced
-- 
Cedric Blancher <cedric DOT blancher AT gmail DOT com>
[https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CedricBlancher/]
Institute Pasteur

-- 
Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple