wsl --exec <command> doesnt work

[Sakooooo]

Bug description

when trying to run wsl --exec with nixos as my default distro it errors with

<3>WSL (16121) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:577: execvpe emacs failed 2
<3>WSL (16121) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:586: Create process not expected to return

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Run wsl --exec <command>
2. returns <3>WSL (16121) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:577: execvpe emacs failed 2

Expected behavior

it should execute normally

Logs

 ~ wsl --exec emacs
<3>WSL (16121) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:577: execvpe emacs failed 2
<3>WSL (16121) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:586: Create process not expected to return
~

[Sakooooo]

its supposed to be wsl <command> not wsl --exec <command> sorry :P

[nzbr]

wsl --exec actually launches the command without a login shell. Because all of the NixOS specific magic (currently, that's gonna change) happens in the login shell of the root user, only wsl <command> works properly with NixOS right now

[Sakooooo]

alright thanks :)