From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: bug#35542: Installer does not display full backtrace on error Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 23:02:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87pnokwy0m.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20190503085927.ib5gudynudeknclm@pelzflorian.localdomain> <87ef5fetnv.fsf@gnu.org> <8736lvka3k.fsf@gmail.com> <20190503174633.otzjizlfjhr4bkca@pelzflorian.localdomain> <87y33msgmy.fsf@gmail.com> <20190504122403.noe5hirk6u3qtmcm@pelzflorian.localdomain> <20190504145409.00768bf6@scratchpost.org> <87pnoy42o7.fsf@gmail.com> <87o94i42md.fsf@gmail.com> <87y33hui96.fsf@gnu.org> <87y339i6en.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40381) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQeZk-00035o-1q for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 17:03:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQeZj-0007Tm-2O for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 17:03:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hQeZi-0007Th-V0 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 17:03:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hQeZi-0005R2-IC for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 14 May 2019 17:03:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87y339i6en.fsf@gmail.com> (Mathieu Othacehe's message of "Tue, 14 May 2019 14:09:52 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Mathieu Othacehe Cc: 35542@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Mathieu, Mathieu Othacehe skribis: >> That would ensure we=E2=80=99re only changing Guile=E2=80=99s notion of = the terminal >> width and not interfering with other tools we might launch as child >> processes. >> >> Thoughts? > > Seems like a better idea indeed. Here's an update patch. > > About using 200 or a much larger value as Danny suggested, I don't have > a strong opinion myself. WDYT? I think 200 is good. You wouldn=E2=80=99t want the backtrace to be filled = with bytevectors, for instance. Also, if people take pictures of their screen with a backtrace, I hope there=E2=80=99ll still be enough stack frames on the picture. :-) With a = large =E2=80=98terminal-width=E2=80=99, there=E2=80=99s a risk that a single fram= e would fill 10 lines. > From d5f792414d0666d554dc8c7b6fee351bbe7a1c14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Mathieu Othacehe > Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 14:05:36 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] installer: Increase backtrace verbosity. > > * gnu/installer.scm (installer-program): Set terminal-width to 200 to > make guile backtraces more verbose. LGTM! Thank you, Ludo=E2=80=99.