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Remove WSLENV empty check from IsMicrosoftWSL #10711

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@spowelljr spowelljr commented Mar 4, 2021

Closes #10689

Removed WSLENV empty check from IsMicrosoftWSL due to Windows Terminal setting the variable outside of WSL.

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We have code that tries to detect if we're trying to run a Windows executable within a WSL shell, which should be running a Linux binary. The most reliable way to do that is to check environment variables that WSL sets. Unfortunately, one of the 3 variables we picked (WSLENV) is set by Windows Terminal, outside of WSL, as a way of carrying data across connections. This is causing some Windows users to not be able to use minikube in a valid config.

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Can one of the admins verify this patch?

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tstromberg commented Mar 4, 2021

Closes #10689

Removed WSLENV empty check from IsMicrosoftWSL due to Windows Terminal setting the variable outside of WSL.

Could you add more detail to the PR description?

I don't quite understand the problem that is being solved, and why this is the best approach to fix it.

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We have code that tries to detect if we're trying to run a Windows executable within a WSL shell, which should be running a Linux binary. The most reliable way to do that is to check environment variables that WSL sets. Unfortunately, one of the 3 variables we picked (WSLENV) can be set in Powershell, outside of WSL, as a way of carrying data across connections. This is causing some Windows users to not be able to use minikube in a valid config.

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medyagh commented Mar 4, 2021

/ok-to-test

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kvm2 Driver
error collecting results for kvm2 driver: timing run 0 with Minikube (PR 10711): timing cmd: [/home/performance-monitor/.minikube/minikube-binaries/10711/minikube start --driver=kvm2]: starting cmd: fork/exec /home/performance-monitor/.minikube/minikube-binaries/10711/minikube: exec format error
docker Driver
error collecting results for docker driver: timing run 0 with Minikube (PR 10711): timing cmd: [/home/performance-monitor/.minikube/minikube-binaries/10711/minikube start --driver=docker]: starting cmd: fork/exec /home/performance-monitor/.minikube/minikube-binaries/10711/minikube: exec format error

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Just built this for Windows and can confirm this fixes the issue.

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@medyagh medyagh merged commit 9aee24b into kubernetes:master Mar 4, 2021
@spowelljr spowelljr deleted the fixWSLDetection branch June 28, 2021 17:40
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windows MK_WRONG_BINARY_WSL even when not in powershell
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