Re: Request for feedback: Unbundling easy-rsa on Windows

tincantech via Openvpn-users <[email protected]> Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:43:20 +0000
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Hi,

The issue that prompted the discussion regarding Easy-RSA support
for Windows and packaging Easy-RSA within the OpenVPN Windows
installer is as follows:

For unknown reasons, when Windows 11 executes the Easy-RSA scripts,
the code `read -p "$prompt"`, would generate the error `no coprocess`.
Then exits the entire shell, without user interaction. This error was
hard to catch without a Windows development environment.

This error has now been completely resolved and Easy-RSA works as
expected in Windows 10/11.

The question of OpenVPN Windows installer including the Easy-RSA for
Windows package is left up to the OpenVPN developer team.

Regards
Richard Bonhomme (Easy-RSA development)
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