Bug: ln: failed to create symbolic link '/c/Users/Ben/.sdkman/candidates/maven/current': Operation not permitted

[jcrben]

Bug report
When running sdk install maven 3.9.5 in msys2 bash I see this:

Installing: maven 3.9.5
Done installing!

Setting maven 3.9.5 as the default.
ln: failed to create symbolic link '/c/Users/ben/.sdkman/candidates/maven/current': Operation not permitted

mvn does not work after.

I then run sdk default maven 3.9.5 and I see this:

setting maven 3.9.5 as the default version for all shells.
cannot create current symlink, fall back to copy!

mvn then works.

To reproduce

System info

Output of cmd.exe //C 'ver':

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3448]

Using Git for Windows bash installed via scoop with this output of bash --version

GNU bash, version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)

The output of sdk version

script: 5.18.2
native: 0.4.3

[helpermethod]

Hi @jcrben,

have you tried

export MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict

?

You also need to turn on developer mode. More details here

[jcrben]

@helpermethod away from my computer right now - I can try that later but it shouldn't work as I don't have Developer Mode to enable symlinks in this highly-secured corporate environment. The sdk default does what I want it to in this situation - fall back to copy.

I don't want to try to convince the security department to turn on Developer Mode as I generally don't need it for the web dev I'm doing.

I'm aware of WSL2 and do have access to that but some people I work with don't use it (and sometimes I don't use it myself).