Can not run distro if no /bin/bash

[shyam-saurabh]

I installed alpine linux
lxrunoffline install -n alpine -f ./alpine-minirootfs-3.8.1-x86_64.tar.gz -d ./alpine -r .

then tried
lxrunoffline r -n alpine

which didn't work ofcourse since minirootfs dosen't provides /bin/bash instead it provides /bin/ash
so i tried
lxrunoffline r -n alpine -c "/bin/ash"
lxrunoffline r -n alpine -c "/bin/sh"

None worked while /bin/ash and /bin/sh are available on system no output no error just returns

Well i thought maybe i can install bash so i dug alpine guid from registry and used
wsl {guid}

and i was in then i did
apk add bash
exit

now when i tried
lxrunoffline r -n alpine -c "/bin/ash"

i was in with /bin/ash as my shell
so if i don't have bash lxrunoffline dosen't allows running distro
take a look.

[DDoSolitary]

What is your Windows version? I couldn't reproduce it. On my machine, a direct r doesn't work (as expected, I'll probably add support for login shell settings in passwd later), but r -c /bin/sh worked well.

[DDoSolitary]

Well, it's Windows's problem which has already been fixed: microsoft/WSL#2372 (comment).

You need to update your Windows to get rid of this bug.

[shyam-saurabh]

yup can see its fixed in pre release i am still on default 17134.
thx for quick response