chocolatey/boxstarter

Install Boxstarter from URL fails on Windows 8.1: Cannot process argument because the value of argument "type" is not valid

kurone-kito opened this issue · 1 comments

kurone-kito commented

What You Are Seeing?

Boxstarter installation from URL fails on Windows 8.1.

https://boxstarter.org/package/boxstarter

Setup creates a shortcut to the desktop for the Boxstarter Shell while logging a failure but then fails to install from a custom scripted URL. Hence, it appears that it is probably partially installed incorrectly.

P.S: The reason for installing Boxstarter by itself from a URL is that if I install a custom script from a URL prior to that, it will succeed but not execute anything.

What is Expected?

Installation succeeds without producing red error logs.

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

The problem can be reproduced on Windows 8.1 by installing Boxstarter from the URL below.

https://boxstarter.org/package/boxstarter

I have also prepared a repository to reproduce the problem using Vagrant and Virtualbox, for those who do not have a Windows 8.1 environment.

https://github.com/kurone-kito/boxstarter-probrem-reproduction-for-win81

System Details

  • OS Build (In PowerShell run [System.Environment]::OSVersion.version.tostring()): 6.3.9600.0
  • Windows PowerShell version (Run: $PSVersionTable):
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      4.0
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.34014
BuildVersion                   6.3.9600.16394
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2
  • Chocolatey version (Run choco --version): (Not installed)

Output Log

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pauby commented

As Windows 8.1 is no longer a supported operating system (but was when this was raised), I'm going to go ahead and close this. We can reopen it if necessary.