libargp package breaks getent utility Re: /usr/bin/getent no longer works in Windows 11

[Cedric Blancher]

On Sat, 8 Nov 2025 at 12:50, Cedric Blancher <cedric.blancher@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good morning!
>
> /usr/bin/getent passwd and /usr/bin/getent group no longer yield any
> output in the latest Cygwin 3.7-dev binaries.
>
> Something broke.
>
> I did some digging, and even /usr/bin/getent --help does not work
> anymore. strace getent then reported that the function "argp_parse" is
> missing in the binary.
> Downgrading the package does not help.

Downgrading the libargp package solved the problem.

Is testing /usr/bin/getent passwd and /usr/bin/getent group part of
the Cygwin CI?

Ced
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