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@@ -76,6 +76,32 @@ runs: throw "Couldn't find script '$script_name'" } + # OK, the following issue is royally stupid. At one point, I + # started getting errors like this: + # + # Conversion from JSON failed with error: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: W. + # + # They appeared out of nowhere, without any changes in the code. + # Turns out, ConvertTo-Json is pretty much unusable by default. + # See, it has a `-Depth` parameter, which has a default value of 2, + # which is insanely low. I don't know what it does if the input + # exceeds the nesting depth of 2, but I do know that starting from + # Powershell 7.1, ConvertTo-Json prints a "helpful" warning in this + # case. The warning looks like this: + # + # WARNING: Resulting JSON is truncated as serialization has exceeded the set depth of 2. + # + # Apparently, PowerShell on windows-2016 images got upgraded, hence + # the failure to parse the letter W. I _accidentally_ fixed it by + # adding "Select-Object Name,Value" to the pipeline, cutting the + # nesting depth, so keeping that part in the pipeline is important. + # + # See also: + # + # * https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/8393 + # * https://stackoverflow.com/q/53583677/514684 + # * https://stackoverflow.com/q/53562942/514684 + $json = $(& "${env:COMSPEC}" /s /c "`"$script_path`" -arch=${{ inputs.arch }} -no_logo && pwsh -Command `"Get-ChildItem env: | Select-Object Name,Value | ConvertTo-Json`"") if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw $json |