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From: Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>, 58375@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58375: Installer does not show what is being downloaded
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 20:09:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sfjy4276.fsf@jpoiret.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <960E16D9-C67D-42E0-B3DE-75CA3041F738@lepiller.eu>

Hi Julien,

Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
> I installed Guix on a new drive, so I tried the installer from the latest image. After reviewing the system config, the installer goes to a black screen where guix output is shown. Although I can see messages about substitutes being updated, and how much will be downloaded, all download lines are replaced with a seemingly random number of dots:
>
> substitute: mise à jour des substituts depuis «…»... 100.0 %
> 4.5 Mo seront téléchargés.
> .
> ...
> .
> .
> ......
>
> Maybe this is related to the translation?

I agree that this does look pretty bad, but this is because we capture
the guix command output to a log file so that we're able to include it
in the installer dump if anything goes wrong.  Guix detects it's not
talking directly to a terminal and so doesn't try to use terminal
specific escape codes to display the download progress.  I don't know
how we could improve on that front though, since in general capturing
the guix command output helps with debugging issues.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret




  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-08 18:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-08 10:34 bug#58375: Installer does not show what is being downloaded Julien Lepiller
2022-10-08 18:09 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
2022-10-09 16:56   ` Ludovic Courtès
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-05-11  9:23 bug#55360: [Installer] ‘guix system init’ displays dots instead of progress bars Ludovic Courtès
2022-07-18 19:58 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-10-13  7:04   ` bug#55360: bug#58375: Installer does not show what is being downloaded Mathieu Othacehe
2022-10-13 13:21     ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-10-14 15:44       ` Mathieu Othacehe
2022-10-18 15:17         ` Ludovic Courtès

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