The Jenkins wiki page for installing Jenkins states "Since Jenkins was written to work on unix-like platforms, some parts assume the presence of unix-utilities. It is advised to install these as well on Windows." <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Installing+Jenkins> It goes on to suggest the use of either UnxUtils or Win-Bash. Does Jenkins on Windows still require "unix-utilities?" If so, what are "unix-utilities?" Does this mean GNU coreutils?
As for UnxUtils and Win-Bash: UnxUtils appears to be abandoned as it hasn't been updated since 2003; the download link on its homepage results in a 403 error. Win-Bash appears to simply be a port of Bash and relies on UnxUtils for the "unix-utilites" that the wiki page says Jenkins relies on. I'm sure there are security vulnerabilities in UnxUtils, though I haven't yet expended the effort to verify my assumption. I will appreciate any insight experienced Jenkins on Windows users offer up as I'm a complete n00b to Jenkins. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/70e042b4-efcc-4225-91d8-19689654f1fc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
