"Could not determine the Composer version"

[ArnaudLigny]

Bug report

Question	Answer
Box version	4.5.1
PHP version	8.3
Platform with version	Windows
Github Repo	https://github.com/Cecilapp/Cecil/

Hello, since ~ 3 months my build process is broken on Windows (only) with the following error message:

? Checking Composer compatibility

In UndetectableComposerVersion.php line 54:
                                                                       
  Could not determine the Composer version from the following output:  
                                                                       

compile [--debug] [--no-parallel] [--no-restart] [--dev] [--no-config] [--with-docker] [--composer-bin COMPOSER-BIN] [--allow-composer-check-failure] [-c|--config CONFIG] [-d|--working-dir WORKING-DIR]

Note: it's seems it's the same problem of the closed issue #1004.

box.json

{
  "alias": "cecil.phar",
  "output": "dist/cecil.phar",
  "git-version": "git_version",
  "compression": "GZ",
  "directories": [
    "config",
    "src",
    "resources"
  ],
  "finder": [
    {
      "in": [
        "."
      ],
      "name": [
        "*.php",
        "*.twig",
        "*.yaml",
        "*.yml",
        "*.json",
        "*.txt",
        "*.xml",
        "*.xsd",
        "*.mo",
        "*.po",
        "LICENSE*",
        "License*",
        "VERSION"
      ],
      "notName": [
        "composer.json",
        "box.json"
      ],
      "exclude": [
        "phpunit",
        "Tests",
        "tests",
        "php-scoper",
        "box",
        "phpmd",
        "phpstan",
        "php_codesniffer",
        "php-cs-fixer",
        "composer-normalize"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "compactors": [
    "KevinGH\\Box\\Compactor\\Json",
    "KevinGH\\Box\\Compactor\\Php"
  ]
}

https://github.com/Cecilapp/Cecil/blob/6672c8ebcd0966b5ba13a159d91cbc429cf6dfa3/box.json

Output

> box compile && cd dist && php cecil.phar --version && mkdir demo && php cecil.phar new:site demo --demo -f -n && php cecil.phar new:page demo -f -n && php cecil.phar build demo -v && php cecil.phar show:content demo && rm -rf demo

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Box version 4.5.1@1e10a1e

 // Loading the configuration file "D:\a\Cecil\Cecil\box.json".                                                        

🔨  Building the PHAR "D:/a/Cecil/Cecil/dist/cecil.phar"

? Checking Composer compatibility

In UndetectableComposerVersion.php line 54:
                                                                       
  Could not determine the Composer version from the following output:  
                                                                       

compile [--debug] [--no-parallel] [--no-restart] [--dev] [--no-config] [--with-docker] [--composer-bin COMPOSER-BIN] [--allow-composer-check-failure] [-c|--config CONFIG] [-d|--working-dir WORKING-DIR]

Script box compile && cd dist && php cecil.phar --version && mkdir demo && php cecil.phar new:site demo --demo -f -n && php cecil.phar new:page demo -f -n && php cecil.phar build demo -v && php cecil.phar show:content demo && rm -rf demo handling the test:phar event returned with error code 1
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.

https://github.com/Cecilapp/Cecil/actions/runs/13161948734/job/36732649063