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Error message on wsl --exec can be more informative #11571

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firejox opened this issue May 8, 2024 · 3 comments
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Error message on wsl --exec can be more informative #11571

firejox opened this issue May 8, 2024 · 3 comments
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firejox commented May 8, 2024

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

It is hard to find the root of problem when run wsl --exec failed. For example, run a non-exist command
wsl --exec will show

C:\Users\dell>wsl -d Ubuntu --cd ~ --exec bla
<3>WSL (1288) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:505: execvpe bla failed 2
<3>WSL (1288) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:508: Create process not expected to return

However, wsl -- will show

C:\Users\dell>wsl -- bla
/bin/bash: line 1: bla: command not found

In the first case, people only know run bla failed and with a number 2. And in second case, people will know bla is not found.

It can save people's lives, if error message on wsl --exec can be as informative as wsl -- .

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If this a feature request, please reply with '/feature'. If this is a question, reply with '/question'.
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Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
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firejox commented May 8, 2024

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