I've never installed UnixUtils or WinBash (or cygwin) on any of my Windows agents. I do install command line git, which already provides some Unix-like commands, but I don't intentionally rely on the bash shell or other Unix-like commands that are part of command line git for Windows.
I don't generally run the master on Windows because I find it easier to upgrade Jenkins versions on Linux computers. The docker images (as an example) are running on a Debian 8 base operating system. I haven't installed a long-running Windows master server for several years, so I can't advise if Windows upgrades of Jenkins are now much easier than when I last worried about them. Mark Waite On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:51 PM Pheckphul <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/70e042b4-efcc-4225-91d8-19689654f1fc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAO49JtGM9mWr_8Q3pav5%2BETda9nysYddbW4RT%3DNOfqZ_Bp9H7A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
