composer why-not produces LogicException (ProcessExecutor) similar to #10703

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I have almost the same problem as described in #10703 but with Composer command "why-not".
Last known good: 2.2.9
Broken since: 2.3.0

My composer.json:

{
    "name": "foo/bar",
    "require": {
        "php": "^7.4"
    }
}

Output of composer diagnose:

Checking composer.json: WARNING
No license specified, it is recommended to do so. For closed-source software you may use "proprietary" as license.
Checking platform settings: OK
Checking git settings: OK
Checking http connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking https connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking github.com oauth access: OK
Checking disk free space: OK
Checking pubkeys:
Tags Public Key Fingerprint: 57815BA2 7E54DC31 7ECC7CC5 573090D0  87719BA6 8F3BB723 4E5D42D0 84A14642
Dev Public Key Fingerprint: 4AC45767 E5EC2265 2F0C1167 CBBB8A2B  0C708369 153E328C AD90147D AFE50952
OK
Checking composer version: OK
Composer version: 2.3.5
PHP version: 7.4.29
PHP binary path: C:\php74\php.exe
OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.1n  15 Mar 2022
cURL version: 7.70.0 libz 1.2.12 ssl OpenSSL/1.1.1n
zip: extension present, unzip present, 7-Zip present (7z)

When I run this command:

composer why-not php 8.1

I get the following output:

In ProcessExecutor.php line 149:

  [LogicException]
  You must use the ProcessExecutor instance which is part of a Composer\Loop instance to be able to run async processes


Exception trace:
  at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php:149
 Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor->executeAsync() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php:324
 Composer\Package\Version\VersionGuesser->guessFeatureVersion() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php:181
 Composer\Package\Version\VersionGuesser->guessGitVersion() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Package/Version/VersionGuesser.php:77
 Composer\Package\Version\VersionGuesser->guessVersion() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Repository/PathRepository.php:215
 Composer\Repository\PathRepository->initialize() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Repository/ArrayRepository.php:311
 Composer\Repository\ArrayRepository->getPackages() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Repository/ArrayRepository.php:109
 Composer\Repository\ArrayRepository->findPackage() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Repository/CompositeRepository.php:82
 Composer\Repository\CompositeRepository->findPackage() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Command/BaseDependencyCommand.php:84
 Composer\Command\BaseDependencyCommand->doExecute() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Command/ProhibitsCommand.php:56
 Composer\Command\ProhibitsCommand->execute() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:298
 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:1015
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:299
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:334
 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:171
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:130
 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar://C:/Users/me/bin/composer.phar/bin/composer:88
 require() at C:\Users\me\bin\composer.phar:29

prohibits [-r|--recursive] [-t|--tree] [--] <package> <version>

And I expected this to happen:

foo/bar  -  requires  php (^7.4)

[stof]

which exact version of composer are you using ?

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What it says in the composer diagnose output.

[stof]

Do you have a path repository configured in your global composer config ? Otherwise, I don't see why a PathRepository would try to initialize.

[InvisibleSmiley]

Yes I have:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "path",
            "url": "D:/Projects/my-project",
            "options": {
                "symlink": false
            }
        }
    ]
}