From bc0830af0d1559a8a0b3ffcda536368d058e5a81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawn7OQLFQ6yc9sK5O6ekgYhLrZhqtm4JZBM" Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:28:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- ...ectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn b/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c3d123fb3f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/getEffectiveUserID_not_supported_on_Windows.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +### Please describe the problem. +After a clean install of the latest git-annex for Windows (https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/windows/current/), most git-annex commands fail with the following error message: + + git-annex: System.PosixCompat.User.getEffectiveUserID: not supported: illegal operation + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + + git init + git annex init + +Running for example ´git annex version´ or ´git annex info´ gives the same error message. + + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +git-annex version should be 5.20141024, but the installer does not specify version and ´git annex info´ does not work, so it is hard to tell for sure. +Running Windows 7, x64. Also tried running as administrator and in a cmd.exe shell as well as Powershell. + + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +The ´git annex test´ command does work, and all 84 tests passes.