choco install ghostscript fails with access denied

[carygravel]

Describe the bug

I've been using choco install ghostscript in an action for months with no problem. In the last couple of days, it has started failing with Access to the path 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\Ghostscript.app\tools\gs9550w64.exe' is denied.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to https://github.com/carygravel/Perl-PDF-Builder/runs/3973198335?check_suite_focus=true
2. ReRun the action
3. See error

Expected behavior
I would expect ghostscript to install cleanly.

Runner Version and Platform

Windows latest

What's not working?

The install

Job Log Output

https://github.com/carygravel/Perl-PDF-Builder/runs/3973198335?check_suite_focus=true

Runner and Worker's Diagnostic Logs

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[nikola-jokic]

Hey @carygravel,

I looked at the issue, and it seems like it is working now. The step you mentioned is being executed. Could you please tell me if you are still seeing this issue?

[carygravel]

It looks as though it is working now.

Unfortunately, the same workflow has developed an unrelated problem installing Readonly, which really should have been trivial.

[nikola-jokic]

Hey @carygravel,

Could you please tell me if this issue is related to the hosted runner? While reading it, it seems to me that the underlying host is causing you problems, but I am not entirely sure. And could you please turn on debugging so we can review the execution log and confirm where the root cause of the issue is happening?

[nikola-jokic]

Hi @carygravel, since this issue is related to the underlying host, and we are trying to keep the issues related to the runner repository itself here, I am going to close this one.

Since I have seen that you are using hosted runners, please post this issue to the Virtual Environments Repository, to ensure the correct team sees this 😊. Thank you!