symlink() function is unimplemented on this machine error in windows #114

hwwan80 · 2015-03-17T08:38:05Z

When I try to use ember-cli-rails in windows, the following exception error when visit the url:

NotImplementedError (symlink() function is unimplemented on this machine):

ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/app.rb:201:in `symlink'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/app.rb:201:in `make_symlink'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/app.rb:201:in `symlink_to_assets_root'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/app.rb:165:in `prepare'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/app.rb:32:in `run'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli-rails.rb:83:in `block in each_app'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli-rails.rb:83:in `each'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli-rails.rb:83:in `each_app'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli-rails.rb:47:in `run!'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/middleware.rb:23:in `enable_ember_cli'
ember-cli-rails (0.1.11) lib/ember-cli/middleware.rb:8:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/etag.rb:23:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/conditionalget.rb:25:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/head.rb:11:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/params_parser.rb:27:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/flash.rb:254:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:225:in `context'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/session/abstract/id.rb:220:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/cookies.rb:560:in `call'
activerecord (4.1.4) lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:36:in `call'
activerecord (4.1.4) lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:621:in `call'
activerecord (4.1.4) lib/active_record/migration.rb:380:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:29:in `block in call'
activesupport (4.1.4) lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:82:in `run_callbacks'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/callbacks.rb:27:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/reloader.rb:73:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/remote_ip.rb:76:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/debug_exceptions.rb:17:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/show_exceptions.rb:30:in `call'
railties (4.1.4) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:38:in `call_app'
railties (4.1.4) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:20:in `block in call'
activesupport (4.1.4) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:68:in `block in tagged'
activesupport (4.1.4) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:26:in `tagged'
activesupport (4.1.4) lib/active_support/tagged_logging.rb:68:in `tagged'
railties (4.1.4) lib/rails/rack/logger.rb:20:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/request_id.rb:21:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/methodoverride.rb:21:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/runtime.rb:17:in `call'
activesupport (4.1.4) lib/active_support/cache/strategy/local_cache_middleware.rb:26:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/lock.rb:17:in `call'
actionpack (4.1.4) lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb:64:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/sendfile.rb:112:in `call'
railties (4.1.4) lib/rails/engine.rb:514:in `call'
railties (4.1.4) lib/rails/application.rb:144:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/lock.rb:17:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/content_length.rb:14:in `call'
rack (1.5.2) lib/rack/handler/webrick.rb:60:in `service'
c:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/webrick/httpserver.rb:138:in `service'
c:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/webrick/httpserver.rb:94:in `run'
c:/Ruby200/lib/ruby/2.0.0/webrick/server.rb:295:in `block in start_thread'

Running in Windows 7 Enterpise with administrator right

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rwz · 2015-03-20T04:13:04Z

I do not own a Windows machine and can't fix this issue. Any help here would be welcome.

nruth · 2015-03-31T18:49:30Z

http://www.ember-cli.com/#symlinks-on-windows says it's an access control policy issue, i.e. run as admin, or failing that have the plugin fall back on copying files when symlinking isn't available.

rwz · 2015-03-31T20:45:05Z

@nruth this issue has nothing to do with ember-cli

swelham · 2015-03-31T21:08:32Z

The issue here is that windows doesn't support symlinks in the same way. See my PR #136 which solves this issue (based on my tests) using the mklink windows command.

nruth · 2015-03-31T21:18:03Z

@rwz OK, I'll leave you to it then.

rwz · 2015-04-03T21:17:05Z

I can create a branch and start working on windows support. However I need people to voluntarily help me testing it since I don't own a Windows machine.

JanJacobs · 2015-09-03T10:18:14Z

I want to volunteer for testing on Windows.

I am currently using it and had to make changes to ember-cli-rails-0.3.5 to make it work on Windows.

I had to implement #114 with a change to ember-cli\app_win.rb
OLD:

@ember_path ||= app_path.join

NEW:

ember_path ||= Rails.root.join

I also had change to the ember-cli\runner.rb because Process.getpgid is not supported on Windows.
OLD:

    def still_running?
      Process.getpgid app.pid
      true
    rescue Errno::ESRCH # no such process
      false
    end

NEW:

   def still_running?
      Process.kill 0, app.pid
      true
    rescue TypError #Errno::ESRCH - no such process, Errne::EPERM
      false
    end

seanpdoyle · 2015-10-23T19:09:31Z

We're sorry that this issue has sat for so long.

The project is now maintained by thoughtbot, and we're declaring an issue bankruptcy of sorts.

We're closing this issue. If what you've described is still a problem, please comment on this issue and we'll reopen.

@JanJacobs those changes look promising, would you mind opening a PR to help with windows support?

Thanks for your patience.

wjdhamilton · 2015-11-20T15:23:27Z

👍 Still have this problem on windows 7 using Rails 4.2.4 and ember-cli-rails 0.5.3 with corresponding ember-cli-rails-addon

Fixes [#114]. Inspired by [How to Test Ruby Projects on Windows][post]. [#114]: #114 [post]: https://mattbrictson.com/how-to-test-ruby-windows

seanpdoyle · 2015-12-10T01:02:00Z

Would anyone still seeing this problem pleae try out:

https://github.com/thoughtbot/ember-cli-rails/tree/remove-sprockets for ember-cli-rails gem
https://github.com/rondale-sc/ember-cli-rails-addon/tree/remove-sprockets for ember-cli-rails-addon

Each of those branches has up-to-date README's.

wjdhamilton · 2015-12-10T09:43:35Z

Unfortunately I still get the symlink() function is unimplemented on this machine error.

Gemfile:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'ember-cli-rails', git: '[email protected]:thoughtbot/ember-cli-rails.git'
# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.2.4'
# Use sqlite3 as the database for Active Record
gem 'sqlite3'
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# Use CoffeeScript for .coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0'

# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
# Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
# bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc

group :development, :test do
  # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
  gem 'byebug'
end

group :development do
  # Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> in views
  gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'
end

# Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]

and package.json from ember:

{
  "name": "frontend",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Small description for frontend goes here",
  "private": true,
  "directories": {
    "doc": "doc",
    "test": "tests"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "ember build",
    "start": "ember server",
    "test": "ember test"
  },
  "repository": "",
  "engines": {
    "node": ">= 0.10.0"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "broccoli-asset-rev": "^2.1.2",
    "ember-cli": "1.13.8",
    "ember-cli-app-version": "0.5.0",
    "ember-cli-babel": "^5.1.3",
    "ember-cli-content-security-policy": "0.4.0",
    "ember-cli-dependency-checker": "^1.0.1",
    "ember-cli-htmlbars": "0.7.9",
    "ember-cli-htmlbars-inline-precompile": "^0.2.0",
    "ember-cli-ic-ajax": "0.2.1",
    "ember-cli-inject-live-reload": "^1.3.1",
    "ember-cli-qunit": "^1.0.0",
    "ember-cli-rails-addon": "git+https://github.com/rondale-sc/ember-cli-rails-addon.git#a5d2cf050dce8d943f1eced990a535a8f6e7ac11",
    "ember-cli-release": "0.2.3",
    "ember-cli-sri": "^1.0.3",
    "ember-cli-uglify": "^1.2.0",
    "ember-data": "1.13.8",
    "ember-disable-proxy-controllers": "^1.0.0",
    "ember-export-application-global": "^1.0.3"
  }
}

Running on 64-bit Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1

JanJacobs · 2015-12-10T10:13:32Z

I implemented the changes from swelham
"The issue here is that windows doesn't support symlinks in the same way. See my PR #136 which solves this issue (based on my tests) using the mklink windows command."

Additionally I had to make the following changes

ember-cli\app_win.rb
OLD:

@ember_path ||= app_path.join

NEW:

ember_path ||= Rails.root.join

I also had change to the ember-cli\runner.rb because Process.getpgid is not supported on Windows.
OLD:

    def still_running?
      Process.getpgid app.pid
      true
    rescue Errno::ESRCH # no such process
      false
    end

NEW:

   def still_running?
      Process.kill 0, app.pid
      true
    rescue TypError #Errno::ESRCH - no such process, Errne::EPERM
      false
    end

I using 64-bit Windows 10 Pro.

seanpdoyle · 2015-12-10T13:52:05Z

@wjdhamilton it sounds like you're running off of master.

To run the branches I suggested, you'll need to modify your Gemfile and Ember's package.json:

# Gemfile

gem 'ember-cli-rails', github: 'thoughtbot/ember-cli-rails', branch: 'remove-sprockets'

{
 "devDependencies": {
    "ember-cli-rails-addon": "rondale-sc/ember-cli-rails-addon#remove-sprockets",
  }
}

seanpdoyle · 2015-12-10T14:11:56Z

@JanJacobs thanks for sharing those Windows fix proposals.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to a Windows machine to verify their validity.

There is a branch that introduces AppVeyor for CI testing:

#291

Would you mind helping to create windows versions of:

bin/setup -
- installs dependencies
- runs bundler
- clones https://github.com/kellyselden/ember-cli-output.git
- runs appraisal in CI
- installs ember-cli-rails-addon@rondale-sc/ember-cli-rails-addon in that Ember repo
  *runs rake ember:install
bin/setup_ember -
- adds a catchall route to the Ember application
- copies an image file into the ember application
- adds the image to a template

Once we have setup parity across platforms, we can start to ensure the Windows version behaves the same as other Operating Systems versions.

JanJacobs · 2015-12-10T14:56:33Z

I want to help, yes please.
Just a bit crazy at the office at the moment, by next week most of SA is on holiday and then I can get some work done:))

wjdhamilton · 2015-12-11T09:55:42Z

@seanpdoyle I've just tried a fresh app with the two links that you suggested, however the app now reports: No ember-cliexecutable found forfrontend. Install it: $ cd C:/sites/ember-cli-rails-windows-test/frontend $ npm install. I have definitely run npm install in frontend.

grantvanhelsing · 2016-08-15T07:08:25Z

@wjdhamilton did you ever find the solution to this problem? I'm trying to hand over an app I wrote on a Mac to a Windows dev and he is getting the same error, been stuck on this for ages!

wjdhamilton · 2016-08-15T07:50:29Z

Unfortunately not - I bought a mac when Rails stopped working properly on Windows and never looked back!
On 15 Aug 2016, at 08:08, Grant van Helsdingen <[email protected]mailto:[email protected]> wrote:

@wjdhamiltonhttps://github.com/wjdhamilton did you ever find the solution to this problem? I'm trying to hand over an app I wrote on a Mac to a Windows dev and he is getting the same error, been stuck on this for ages!

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kayakyakr · 2016-10-10T15:31:30Z

@1vanhelsing1 if you're still trying to hand this over to a windows dev, as of the 14942 build of the win 10 insider preview, you can now use ember-cli in windows bash.

I recommend having that be the official answer and close this issue.

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fixes tricknotes#114 - add win abstraction

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Test Gem on Windows with Appveyor

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Fixes [#114]. Inspired by [How to Test Ruby Projects on Windows][post]. [#114]: #114 [post]: https://mattbrictson.com/how-to-test-ruby-windows

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Fixes [#114]. Inspired by [How to Test Ruby Projects on Windows][post]. [#114]: #114 [post]: https://mattbrictson.com/how-to-test-ruby-windows

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Test Gem on Windows with Appveyor

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Fixes [#114]. Inspired by [How to Test Ruby Projects on Windows][post]. [#114]: #114 [post]: https://mattbrictson.com/how-to-test-ruby-windows

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