microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
Slow zip archive extracting when install zig compiler
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Description
Brief description of your issue
While installing zig compiler Extracting archive step takes a lot of time.
Reported in #3306 as well.
Steps to reproduce
- Run
winget install -e --id zig.zig - Wait until complete
Expected behavior
Speed up extraction
Actual behavior
Extracting took ~8 minutes with Winget.
Both major archive programs (7Zip and WinRAR) took around ~30 sec to do the same. Which is huge (x20 times) difference in time!
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.5.1881
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Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22621.2070
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.20.1881.0
Winget Directories
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Logs %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\Diag…
User Settings %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\sett…
Portable Links Directory (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Links
Portable Links Directory (Machine) C:\Program Files\WinGet\Links
Portable Package Root (User) %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages
Portable Package Root (x86) C:\Program Files (x86)\WinGet\Packages
Links
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License Agreement https://aka.ms/winget-license
Third Party Notices https://aka.ms/winget-3rdPartyNotice
Homepage https://aka.ms/winget
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Admin Setting State
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LocalManifestFiles Disabled
BypassCertificatePinningForMicrosoftStore Disabled
InstallerHashOverride Disabled
LocalArchiveMalwareScanOverride Disabled
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Device name NOGRPC
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor 3.17 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
Storage: Samsung SSD 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing winget install -e --id zig.zig on the reported Windows environment and compare the archive extraction time with 7-Zip or WinRAR. Trace the extraction path used by WinGet and identify why this archive takes about eight minutes; done means the installation completes substantially faster without changing the expected package contents.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100