Merge pull request #6664 from TheLunaticScripter/fix_powershell_output

[MSYS-692] Fix issue with PowerShell function buffer

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/distro/powershell/chef/chef.psm1 b/distro/powershell/chef/chef.psm1
index 1a5e2cc5eb..05fee05e5e 100644
--- a/distro/powershell/chef/chef.psm1
+++ b/distro/powershell/chef/chef.psm1
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ function Run-ExecutableAndWait($AppPath, $ArgumentString) {
     throw "Unable to create process [$ArgumentString].  Error code $reason."
   }
 
-  $sb = New-Object System.Text.StringBuilder
   $buffer = New-Object byte[] 1024
 
   # Initialize reference variables
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@ function Run-ExecutableAndWait($AppPath, $ArgumentString) {
       while ([Chef.Kernel32]::ReadFile($hReadOut, $buffer, $buffer.Length, [ref] $bytesRead, 0)) {
         $output = [Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($buffer, 0, $bytesRead)
         if ($output) {
-          [void]$sb.Append($output)
+          $output
         }
         if ($bytesRead -lt $buffer.Length) {
           # Partial buffer indicating the end of stream, break out of ReadFile loop
@@ -307,9 +306,6 @@ function Run-ExecutableAndWait($AppPath, $ArgumentString) {
     }
   }
 
-  # Return output obtained from child process stdout/stderr
-  $sb.ToString()
-
   # Cleanup handles
   $success = [Chef.Kernel32]::CloseHandle($pi.hProcess)
   if (-Not $success) {