Sorry; I see I wasn't specific enough. I'm asking about installing a Jenkins master on Windows. So, when installing a Jenkins master on Windows, is the "UnxUtils" package still a prerequisite?
On Monday, April 3, 2017 at 1:02:51 PM UTC-7, Mark Waite wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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] <javascript:>. >> 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/1cb1a217-26d3-435b-98d8-42d0d355c5d9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
