zsh: failed to load module `zsh/zle': No such file or directory

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am trying to install zsh into a non standard directory in "git for
windows" on a machine running windows 10 but running into problems.
When launching zsh, I am getting

zsh: failed to load module `zsh/zle': No such file or directory

Is there a way to fix this? FWIW I am using "git for windows" 2.21.0.windows.1 .

To reproduce, do the following in a git bash terminal

Download zsh
~ $ export PS1="\w $ "
~ $ mkdir -p ~/x/software
~ $ cd ~/x/software
~/x/software $ curl
http://repo.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/zsh-5.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
--outpu t zsh-5.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Install the software
~/x/software $ mkdir -p ~/opt/software/zsh
~/x/software $ tar xJvf zsh-5.7.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz -C ~/opt/software/zsh

Run zsh from the new location
~/x/software $ export PATH="/c/Users/raju/opt/software/zsh/usr/bin":$PATH
~/x/software $ which zsh
/c/Users/raju/opt/software/zsh/usr/bin/zsh
~/x/software $ zsh
zsh: failed to load module `zsh/zle': No such file or directory
\w $


thanks
raju
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