[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8371334: [8u] GHA: installation of VS2010 hangs
Zdenek Zambersky
zzambers at openjdk.org
Wed Nov 5 12:13:59 UTC 2025
Installation of VS2010 hangs. As result Windows x86 (32-bit) jobs in GitHub CI timeout and get cancelled.
After some debugging, it turns out, that issue is caused by missing PowerShell 2, required by VS2010 installer. See screenshot:
<img width="1024" height="768" alt="screen-10" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3698b0bc-0d35-40e8-bbb3-1aa4c5445ac4" />
PowerShell 2.0 was deprecated and recently stopped being shipped by on windows. Microsoft says following on it's [page](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/powershell-2-0-removal-from-windows-fe6d1edc-2ed2-4c33-b297-afe82a64200a):
> PowerShell 2.0 will be removed in a later release starting in August 2025 for Windows 11, version 24H2 and a September 2025 release for Windows Server 2025. All later releases for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 will not include PowerShell 2.0.
Fortunately they still provide archive to install it manually. This PR does that.
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Commit messages:
- install PowerShell 2 required by vs2010 installer
Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/712/files
Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk8u-dev&pr=712&range=00
Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8371334
Stats: 29 lines in 2 files changed: 29 ins; 0 del; 0 mod
Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/712.diff
Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev.git pull/712/head:pull/712
PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk8u-dev/pull/712
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