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Bug 787177 - setup-mingw64.ps1 requires PowerShell 3.0 or more recent, but Windows 7 ships 2.0
setup-mingw64.ps1 requires PowerShell 3.0 or more recent, but Windows 7 ship...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Build system
git-master
Other Windows
: Normal minor
: future
Assigned To: gnucash-core-maint
gnucash-core-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2017-09-02 16:26 UTC by Geert Janssens
Modified: 2018-06-29 23:59 UTC
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Description Geert Janssens 2017-09-02 16:26:40 UTC
The script uses invoke-webrequest which is introduced in Powershell 3.0. As Windows 7 comes with Powershell 2.0 by default this creates an extra hurdle for potentially interested Windows developers working on Windows 7 still.

Powershell 4.0 can be manually installed. The instructions can be found here:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/21016.how-to-install-windows-powershell-4-0.aspx

This bug report is a reminder to investigate whether we can come up with a solution that doesn't require this initial manual step.
Comment 1 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:59:02 UTC
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. The new URL for this bug is https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=787177. Please continue processing the bug there and please update any external references or bookmarks.