Installing on windows with gnu fails at random times with an error about a missing build script

[DJ-Dav]

Running the command cargo install -f cargo-binutils
gives the following error message:
error: failed to run custom build command for quote v1.0.23

Caused by:
could not execute process "\AppData\Local\Temp\cargo-installurqU3j\release\build\quote-0cc442527a6b4d49\build-script-build" (never executed)

Caused by:
The system cannot find the file specified. (os error 2)
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...
error: failed to compile "cargo-binutils v0.3.6", intermediate artifacts can be found at...

It successfully compiles a few crates before failing, the number of successful crates compiling varies, but the error is always the same.

[Emilgardis]

This error suggests something wrong with your toolchain, but it's as you suggested in issue 46 not a problem from cargo-binutils but with cargo.

I'd recommend opening an issue on https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo or chiming in on rust-lang/cargo#9902 which seems related (and with possible solutions)

this is not something we can control

[toothbrush7777777]

Sounds like it could be something to do with your anti-virus software to me. In particular, when I used McAfee in the past, I used to have similar problems.