tool-cache - support older PowerShell versions for unzipping
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Description
When using the extractZip method of the tool-cache on windows, it uses PowerShell to extract the archive.
WIth the PowerShell version 7 that is available on the GitHub hosted runners this works perfectly fine.
But if someone uses a self-hosted runner, chances are big that there is only PowerShell version 5 available.
With that old PowerShell version the extraction could also work, but only if the file literally ends with .zip.
It would be nice if the tool-cache method for unzipping would mitigate that situation.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the tool-cache extractZip entry point and inspect how PowerShell is invoked for Windows archives. Reproduce the behavior with PowerShell 5 and an archive whose name does not end in .zip; done means extraction works there as well as on PowerShell 7.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell, typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100