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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by ok123456 on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @09:17AM (#44041276)
Yesterday, they tried to get a Python library that built a native library using Meson to work. They were working under WSL, but somehow, Meson was attempting to use the MSVC toolchain and failing.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source by jpc0 on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @04:54PM (#44045823)
And they were using pip/uv whatever from linux, the linux version.

One of the most common issues is calling a windows executable from within wsl… it’s a “convenience” feature that takes about 2 seconds to disable in the wsl config but causes these kinds of weird bugs

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