curl.exe is not on PATH

[FeodorFitsner]

Previous versions of Git had curl.exe in C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin folder which is added in PATH on build workers. The main reason it was on PATH was ssh.exe utility Git (and Mercurial) required to fetch repo via SSH.

Now, curl.exe has gone from C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin and left in C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin only. To fix the build add this to your appveyor.yml:

install:
- set PATH=C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;%PATH%

Alternatively, CURL can be installed via Chocolatey with choco install curl command or used from other locations such as MinGW, Cygwin and MSYS: https://www.appveyor.com/docs/build-environment/#mingw-msys-cygwin, for example:

• C:\msys64\usr\bin
• C:\cygwin\bin

We are not yet completely sure whether we should explicitly add C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin folder into PATH on build workers or not - there is always a risk of causing another conflict. Less stuff on PATH is better.

[jakirkham]

Would it be possible to copy it back? Even when I say it, I know it sounds pretty hacky. Just thinking of the best way to fix things quickly given this change.

[FeodorFitsner]

Yes, we are going to fix that by adding C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin to PATH.

[jakirkham]

Out of curiosity is there anything else of note in that directory?

[FeodorFitsner]

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/FeodorFitsner/simple-console/build/1.0.2670#L392

[jakirkham]

Thanks. There are a few things that could clash. Though we make sure are stuff is searched first. So I don't think it will be an issue.

[FeodorFitsner]

Does curl.exe depend on some other libs/dlls or it's standalone exe? Maybe we could just copy it somewhere under C:\Tools and add that folder into PATH?

[jakirkham]

From my notes, it could be linked to zlib.

[Diggsey]

This is really unhelpful! Can't you make updates to the system images be manual, so that we can deal with changes at a convenient time?

[avh4]

Thanks for the quick updates! The suggested workaround had me up and running again in a few minutes.

[IlyaFinkelshteyn]

@Diggsey sorry for the trouble. We need to make this experience better and filed #1430

[FeodorFitsner]

We're going to have curl installed on build workers and added to PATH: #1431