Not running on windows-latest Github runner

[vinothsparrow]

Describe the problem

Getting this error while running on windows Github runner

Error: Error: Unable to locate executable file: powershell. Please verify either the file path exists or the file can be found within a directory specified by the PATH environment variable. Also verify the file has a valid extension for an executable file.

To reproduce

name: Dev
on:
  push:
    branches: [dev]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [windows-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: install nodejs & yarn
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 16
       - name: Install Protoc
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v2
         with:
          version: "23.x"

Expected behavior

step successful

'arduino/setup-protoc' version

2.0.0

Additional context

No response

Issue checklist

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• I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest version
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[alessio-perugini]

👋 @vinothsparrow thanks for reporting this. I'm not able to reproduce the error with the snippet you provided.
I see that in the screenshot the workflow has a step called install golang do you mind pasting here the code of that step? Are you using the actions/setup-go action?

[vinothsparrow]

@alessio-perugini Sorry for not providing the entire workflow. Below is the full workflow of mine

name: Dev
on:
  push:
    branches: [dev]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: install nodejs & yarn
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 16
      - name: "Get current release tag"
        id: releasetag
        uses: pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release@master
        with:
          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Setup node_modules cache
        uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: "**/node_modules"
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
      - name: setup env
        env:
          VERSION: ${{ steps.releasetag.outputs.release }}
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo "GOPATH=${{ github.workspace }}/go" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "VERSION=${VERSION:1}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: install golang
        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
        with:
          go-version: "^1.19.2"
      - name: Install Protoc
        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v2
        with:
          version: "23.x"
      - name: install wire
        shell: bash
        run: go install github.com/google/wire/cmd/wire@latest
      - name: install protoc-gen-go
        shell: bash
        run: go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@latest

And it's succeded on mac-latest runner only failing on windows-latest runner and on Install Protoc step

[alessio-perugini]

@vinothsparrow

          echo "GOPATH=${{ github.workspace }}/go" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Removing the line above seems to work. I didn't have enough time to dig deeper tho.

[vinothsparrow]

@alessio-perugini thanks for the quick update. yes, I was able to fix the issue by removing below step. 👍

          echo "GOPATH=${{ github.workspace }}/go" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Thanks for your help