Windows/ Powershell error: Expand-Archive : is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.

[irnbrux]

Hi,

i get the following error using

• name: Install CMake and Ninja
  uses: lukka/[email protected]
  with:
  useLocalCache: true
  useCloudCache: false
  cmakeVersion: "~3.27.0"
  ninjaVersion: latest

log:
useCloudCache:false
useLocalCache:true
user defined cmake version:~3.27.0
user defined ninja version:latest
cmake version:~3.27.0
ninja version:latest
::group::Computing cache key from the downloads' URLs
Cache key: '507572093'.
Local install root: 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\tmp\507572093''.
::endgroup::
::group::Restoring from local GitHub runner cache using key '507572093'
Local cache miss.
::endgroup::
::group::Downloading and extracting CMake
[command]C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\tmp\ad76d5b6-c455-4ab6-810f-4a4c64dce49b' -DestinationPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\tmp\507572093' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\tmp\ad76d5b6-c455-4ab6-810f-4a4c64dce49b', 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\tmp\507572093', $true) }"
Expand-Archive : is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
At line:1 char:210

• ... Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c2 ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive

::endgroup::
Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1
at ExecState._setResult (C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\act\actions\[email protected]\dist\index.js:5801:25)
at ExecState.CheckComplete (C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\act\actions\[email protected]\dist\index.js:5784:18)
at ChildProcess. (C:\Users\User.cache\act\8c275a1a4fda57b3\act\actions\[email protected]\dist\index.js:5678:27)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
::error::get-cmake action execution failed: 'Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1'

[lukka]

@irnbrux this looks like identical to this problem: #74
Are you using a self-hosted action runner? Looks like there is a difference in the environment between the GH hosted runner and the self-hosted runner, and it would be nice if we find out what it is, and how to insert the fix in the action itself.

[irnbrux]

Hi,

it is identical to #74 indeed. The cause is to use the expand cmdlet on a file that does not have a .zip file extension. When you rename the file first (as part of the action) to have a .zip file extension, it will work I guess. At least this is the behavior if I invoke the commands manually.

Cheers
Brian

[lukka]

@irnbrux this should be the root cause: actions/toolkit#1179

[lukka]

@irnbrux you may try this version and report back: uses: lukka/get-cmake@dev/fix91

[irnbrux]

So with fix91 I can see the zip gets extracted correctly, however the process just keeps running after extraction and never completes. I need to investigate further:

useCloudCache:false useLocalCache:false user defined cmake version:latest user defined ninja version:latest cmake version:latest ninja version:latest ::group::Computing cache key from the downloads' URLs Cache key: '507572093'. Local install root: 'C:\Users\User\.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093''. ::endgroup:: ::group::Downloading and extracting CMake [command]C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User\.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\0d05c39a-3b7c-4607-93ac-54ef847dbfbc.zip' -DestinationPath 'C:\Users\User\.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\Users\User\.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\0d05c39a-3b7c-4607-93ac-54ef847dbfbc.zip', 'C:\Users\User\.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093', $true) }"

There is nothing more after the last line ...

[irnbrux]

OK, the cmake extract does now work, however we get the same error for the ninja download as well I think:

useCloudCache:false
useLocalCache:false
user defined cmake version:latest
user defined ninja version:latest
cmake version:latest
ninja version:latest
::group::Computing cache key from the downloads' URLs
Cache key: '507572093'.
Local install root: 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093''.
::endgroup::
::group::Downloading and extracting CMake
[command]C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\0d05c39a-3b7c-4607-93ac-54ef847dbfbc.zip' -DestinationPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\0d05c39a-3b7c-4607-93ac-54ef847dbfbc.zip', 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093', $true) }"
::endgroup::
::group::Downloading and extracting Ninja
[command]C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -NoLogo -Sta -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; if ((Get-Command -Name Expand-Archive -Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive -ErrorAction Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\a01294d2-2a5b-49f3-9a93-abca76fc5550' -DestinationPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093' -Force } else {[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\a01294d2-2a5b-49f3-9a93-abca76fc5550', 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\tmp\507572093', $true) }"
Expand-Archive : is not a supported archive file format. .zip is the only supported archive file format.
At line:1 char:210

• ... Ignore)) { Expand-Archive -LiteralPath 'C:\Users\User.cache\act\679 ...

•             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:String) [Expand-Archive], IOException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : NotSupportedArchiveFileExtension,Expand-Archive

::endgroup::
Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1
at ExecState._setResult (C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\act\actions\lukka-get-cmake@dev-fix91\dist\index.js:5811:25)
at ExecState.CheckComplete (C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\act\actions\lukka-get-cmake@dev-fix91\dist\index.js:5794:18)
at ChildProcess. (C:\Users\User.cache\act\679324afd465c947\act\actions\lukka-get-cmake@dev-fix91\dist\index.js:5688:27)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
::error::get-cmake action execution failed: 'Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1'

[lukka]

@irnbrux thank you for reporting back! Now the same manipulation is applied to the ninja build tool archive, you may try again, thank you!

[irnbrux]

Hi @lukka

that works for me now for cmake and ninja under Windows 11.
Thank you for the work you are doing.

Cheers
Brian

[lukka]

@irnbrux thank you for testing the PR #92 ! I thought to rework the code in order to apply the fix only if strictly needed, and I'd be happy if you could still confirm this is working correctly. Then I'll merge, thank you.

[samuelpmish]

I also hit this issue on a self-hosted windows runner. After installing powershell 7 with

winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget

I still had the same issue (apparently the newer version doesn't replace the old powershell, it's just installed alongside), but switching to uses: lukka/get-cmake@dev/fix91 did seem to work for me.

[lukka]

Fixed in main and latest branches.