BUG: problems with CLI parsing on windows; e.g. repoquery whoneeds is broken

[h-vetinari]

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• My problem is not solved in the Troubleshooting docs

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• I do NOT use the Anaconda default channels (pkgs/* etc.)

How did you install Mamba?

Mambaforge or latest Miniforge

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repoquery; CLI; parsing

Latest version of Mamba

• My problem is not solved with the latest version

Tried in Conda?

Not applicable

Describe your issue

I've seen CLI parsing weirdness here or there post-2.0, but repoquery whoneeds is just straight not usable anymore

>mamba reqoquery whoneeds _openmp_mutex
The following arguments were not expected: _openmp_mutex whoneeds reqoquery
Run with --help for more information.

(note the inverted arguments in the error message)

>mamba reqoquery whoneeds -c conda-forge --platform linux-64 _openmp_mutex
The following arguments were not expected: _openmp_mutex linux-64 --platform conda-forge -c whoneeds reqoquery
Run with --help for more information.

>mamba reqoquery whoneeds _openmp_mutex -c conda-forge --platform linux-64
The following arguments were not expected: linux-64 --platform conda-forge -c _openmp_mutex whoneeds reqoquery
Run with --help for more information.

The same commands work on linux

mamba info / micromamba info

>mamba info

       libmamba version : 2.0.5
          mamba version : 2.0.5
           curl version : libcurl/8.11.1 Schannel zlib/1.3.1 libssh2/1.11.1
     libarchive version : libarchive 3.7.7 zlib/1.3.1 liblzma/5.6.3 bz2lib/1.0.8 liblz4/1.10.0 libzstd/1.5.6
       envs directories : E:\miniforge\envs
          package cache : E:\miniforge\pkgs
                          C:\Users\[...]\.mamba\pkgs
                          C:\Users\[...]\AppData\Roaming\.mamba\pkgs
            environment : builder (active)
           env location : E:\miniforge\envs\builder
      user config files : C:\Users\[...]\.mambarc
 populated config files : C:\Users\[...]\.condarc
                          E:\miniforge\.condarc
       virtual packages : __win=10.0.26100=0
                          __archspec=1=x86_64
               channels : https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
                          https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64
       base environment : E:\miniforge
               platform : win-64

Logs

environment.yml

~/.condarc

[Hind-M]

Unfortunately, I couldn't reproduce the issue.
Could you please provide the mamba list output (to check cli11 version and if _openmp_mutex is in the current target prefix)?
The bug seems to be very similar to this one.

[h-vetinari]

Here's the mamba list output

List of packages in environment: "E:\\miniforge"

  Name                        Version       Build               Channel
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  archspec                    0.2.5         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  boltons                     24.0.0        pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  brotli-python               1.1.0         py312h275cf98_2     conda-forge
  bzip2                       1.0.8         h2466b09_7          conda-forge
  ca-certificates             2024.12.14    h56e8100_0          conda-forge
  certifi                     2024.12.14    pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  cffi                        1.17.1        py312h4389bb4_0     conda-forge
  charset-normalizer          3.4.1         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  colorama                    0.4.6         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  conda                       25.1.0        py312h2e8e312_0     conda-forge
  conda-libmamba-solver       25.1.1        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  conda-package-handling      2.4.0         pyh7900ff3_2        conda-forge
  conda-package-streaming     0.11.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  cpp-expected                1.1.0         h91493d7_0          conda-forge
  distro                      1.9.0         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  fmt                         11.0.2        h7f575de_0          conda-forge
  frozendict                  2.4.6         py312h4389bb4_0     conda-forge
  h2                          4.1.0         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  hpack                       4.1.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  hyperframe                  6.1.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  idna                        3.10          pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  jsonpatch                   1.33          pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  jsonpointer                 3.0.0         py312h2e8e312_1     conda-forge
  krb5                        1.21.3        hdf4eb48_0          conda-forge
  libarchive                  3.7.7         h979ed78_3          conda-forge
  libcurl                     8.11.1        h88aaa65_0          conda-forge
  libexpat                    2.6.4         he0c23c2_0          conda-forge
  libffi                      3.4.2         h8ffe710_5          conda-forge
  libiconv                    1.17          hcfcfb64_2          conda-forge
  liblzma                     5.6.3         h2466b09_1          conda-forge
  libmamba                    2.0.5         hc493ae7_1          conda-forge
  libmambapy                  2.0.5         py312h510e527_1     conda-forge
  libsolv                     0.7.30        hbb528cf_0          conda-forge
  libsqlite                   3.48.0        h67fdade_1          conda-forge
  libssh2                     1.11.1        he619c9f_0          conda-forge
  libxml2                     2.13.5        he286e8c_1          conda-forge
  libzlib                     1.3.1         h2466b09_2          conda-forge
  lz4-c                       1.10.0        h2466b09_1          conda-forge
  lzo                         2.10          hcfcfb64_1001       conda-forge
  mamba                       2.0.5         hefe3296_1          conda-forge
  menuinst                    2.2.0         py312h275cf98_0     conda-forge
  miniforge_console_shortcut  2.0           h57928b3_1          conda-forge
  nlohmann_json               3.11.3        he0c23c2_1          conda-forge
  openssl                     3.4.0         ha4e3fda_1          conda-forge
  packaging                   24.2          pyhd8ed1ab_2        conda-forge
  pip                         25.0          pyh8b19718_0        conda-forge
  platformdirs                4.3.6         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  pluggy                      1.5.0         pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  pybind11-abi                4             hd8ed1ab_3          conda-forge
  pycosat                     0.6.6         py312h4389bb4_2     conda-forge
  pycparser                   2.22          pyh29332c3_1        conda-forge
  pysocks                     1.7.1         pyh09c184e_7        conda-forge
  python                      3.12.8        h3f84c4b_1_cpython  conda-forge
  python_abi                  3.12          5_cp312             conda-forge
  reproc                      14.2.5.post0  h2466b09_0          conda-forge
  reproc-cpp                  14.2.5.post0  he0c23c2_0          conda-forge
  requests                    2.32.3        pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  ruamel.yaml                 0.18.10       py312h4389bb4_0     conda-forge
  ruamel.yaml.clib            0.2.8         py312h4389bb4_1     conda-forge
  setuptools                  75.8.0        pyhff2d567_0        conda-forge
  simdjson                    3.11.6        hc790b64_0          conda-forge
  spdlog                      1.15.0        h81cc0e1_0          conda-forge
  tk                          8.6.13        h5226925_1          conda-forge
  tqdm                        4.67.1        pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  truststore                  0.10.0        pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  tzdata                      2025a         h78e105d_0          conda-forge
  ucrt                        10.0.22621.0  h57928b3_1          conda-forge
  urllib3                     2.3.0         pyhd8ed1ab_0        conda-forge
  vc                          14.3          h5fd82a7_24         conda-forge
  vc14_runtime                14.42.34433   h6356254_24         conda-forge
  vs2015_runtime              14.42.34433   hfef2bbc_24         conda-forge
  wheel                       0.45.1        pyhd8ed1ab_1        conda-forge
  win_inet_pton               1.1.0         pyh7428d3b_8        conda-forge
  yaml-cpp                    0.8.0         h63175ca_0          conda-forge
  zstandard                   0.23.0        py312h7606c53_1     conda-forge
  zstd                        1.5.6         h0ea2cb4_0          conda-forge

and if _openmp_mutex is in the current target prefix

I don't see how repoquery whoneeds has anything to do with what packages are installed locally? 🤔

[h-vetinari]

I wanted to check with 2.0.7, but that runs into #3862

[Hind-M]

I meant listing packages in E:\miniforge\envs\builder, as it seems to be the environment used?

I don't see how repoquery whoneeds has anything to do with what packages are installed locally? 🤔

The loaded packages actions are performed on to do the repoquery (even for whoneeds) are the ones installed locally by default, you need to use --remote or -c channel otherwise.

I wanted to check with 2.0.7, but that runs into #3862

Yep checking with 2.0.7 would be nice (using the new build).