Crash when searching for Python under WSL

[silasary]

When trying to find all versions of python, it explores into the Windows environment (which isn't ideal regardless), but if you have the Windows Store version of Python installed, we get a lovely crash when trying to probe /mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps

PS C:\Users\Clock> wsl
silasary@GARCHOMP:/mnt/e/source/repos/Penny-Dreadful-Tools$ python
Python 3.8.10 (default, Sep 28 2021, 16:10:42)
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from pythonfinder import Finder
>>> f = Finder()
>>> f.find_python_version(3, minor=8)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/silasary/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py", line 288, in find_python_version
    return self.system_path.find_python_version(
  File "/home/silasary/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py", line 120, in system_path
    self._system_path = self.create_system_path()
  File "/home/silasary/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pythonfinder/pythonfinder.py", line 82, in create_system_path
    return pyfinder_path.SystemPath.create(
  File "/home/silasary/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pythonfinder/models/path.py", line 667, in create
    {
  File "/home/silasary/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pythonfinder/models/path.py", line 672, in <dictcomp>
    if p.exists()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 1407, in exists
    self.stat()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/pathlib.py", line 1198, in stat
    return self._accessor.stat(self)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps'
>>>
silasary@GARCHOMP:/mnt/e/source/repos/Penny-Dreadful-Tools$ echo $PATH
/home/silasary/.local/bin:/home/silasary/.nvm/versions/node/v16.10.0/bin:/home/silasary/.sdkman/candidates/gradle/current/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/mnt/c/Program Files/WindowsApps/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.11.2921.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Razer/ChromaBroadcast/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Razer/ChromaBroadcast/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/system32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32:/mnt/c/WINDOWS:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/mGBA:/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/IncrediBuild:/mnt/c/Program Files/Docker/Docker/resources/bin:/mnt/c/ProgramData/DockerDesktop/version-bin:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/GitExtensions/:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/:/mnt/c/Users/Clock/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Users/Clock/AppData/Local/Programs/Microsoft VS Code/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/GitHub CLI/:/mnt/c/Users/Clock/.dotnet/tools:/mnt/c/Users/Clock/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/Scripts:/mnt/c/Users/Clock/AppData/Roaming/npm:/snap/bin

[bendog]

This bug also affects Windows native, not just WSL2

[bendog]

Temporary fix, is to give your user access to READ + LIST for the windows folders which are triggering this error.

[frostming]

Fixed by #112

[Tikkoneus]

I don't believe #112 fixes this issue. The exception isn't caught by exists_and_is_accessible because the exception occurs in pathlib when generating the arguments which go to exists_and_is_accessible:

From pythonfinder 2.1.0:

 File ".pyenv\pyenv-win\versions\3.8.6\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\path.py", line 185, in <listcomp>
    if exists_and_is_accessible(Path(p.strip('"')).resolve())
  File ".pyenv\pyenv-win\versions\3.8.6\lib\pathlib.py", line 1180, in resolve
    s = self._flavour.resolve(self, strict=strict)
  File ".pyenv\pyenv-win\versions\3.8.6\lib\pathlib.py", line 205, in resolve
    s = self._ext_to_normal(_getfinalpathname(s))
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft'