ARROW cannot be extracted on Windows

[cbielow]

it fails with:

-- Extracting ARROW .. failed
-- ERROR: Cannot create symbolic link : A required privilege is not held by the client. : src\arrow-apache-arrow-23.0.0\python\cmake_modules

CMake Error at macros.cmake:183 (message):


  7-Zip 26.00 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2026 Igor Pavlov : 2026-02-12



  Scanning the drive for archives:

  1 file, 68587520 bytes (66 MiB)



  Extracting archive:
  C:\dev\contrib_win64_build\src\arrow-apache-arrow-23.0.0.tar

  --

  Path = C:\dev\contrib_win64_build\src\arrow-apache-arrow-23.0.0.tar

  Type = tar

  Physical Size = 68587520

  Headers Size = 2902528

  Code Page = UTF-8

  Characteristics = POSIX PREFIX ASCII

  Comment =

  {

  pax_global_header

  comment=eafe3a9e620cf94683dee2347f370c35156dc965

  }





  Sub items Errors: 1



  Archives with Errors: 1



  Sub items Errors: 1

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  libraries.cmake/arrow.cmake:14 (OPENMS_SMARTEXTRACT)
  CMakeLists.txt:568 (OPENMS_CONTRIB_BUILD_ARROW)


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

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🔗 Related PRs

#163 - Fix eigen [merged]
#165 - More arrow bullshit [merged]
#168 - More arrow bullshit [merged]
#169 - Upgrade Arrow from 22.0.0 to 23.0.0 [merged]
#171 - fix: bundle Arrow deps to fix build on Debian 12 [merged]

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[cbielow]

this error can be circumvented by using an elevated command line, but not every user has admin rights...