Can't run some scripts on Windows with uv tool run

[depau]

uv version: uv 0.4.30 (61ed2a236 2024-11-04)

awslocal on Windows doesn't seem to work properly with uv tool run --from awscli-local awslocal

The executable `awslocal` was not found.
warning: An executable named `awslocal` is not provided by package `awscli-local`.
The following executables are provided by `awscli-local`:
- awslocal
- awslocal.bat
Consider using `uv tool run --from awscli-local <EXECUTABLE_NAME>` instead.

The awslocal file is actually a script:

#!python.exe

"""
Thin wrapper around the "aws" command line interface (CLI) for use
with LocalStack.
...

while for other tools it looks like a .exe is installed, which seems to work with uv.

This is probably caused by the fact that they provide the entry scripts as a path to file, not as module:function.

Using the provided .bat file does work, but it requires providing a different executable name based on the current OS and it looks like python detaches from the terminal when run from a batch script.

I'm not sure whether this is a problem with awslocal or uv. I thought I'd report it here first since this usage of setuptools seems legit.

[charliermarsh]

Thanks! Makes sense to report it here. We'll take a look.

[samypr100]

I think this is expected/known to fail due to their use of legacy scripts rather than console_scripts.

Related:

• uvx gimme-aws-creds fails on Windows #6661
• CLI reported by uv run on Windows is not found on invocation #8770
  • CLI reported by uv run on Windows is not found on invocation #8770 (comment)

[zanieb]

I think we should probably special case them if it's feasible.