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

[Christian Franke]

Cedric Blancher via Cygwin wrote:
> 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.

This also applies to the few other tools which appear in 'rdepends': 
f3read, f3write, nosleep, rngtest.
https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/libargp.html


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

No, AFAICS.

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Regards,
Christian