From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: hiding =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=9Cguix_system=E2=80=9D?= messages Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:02:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87va83sfuz.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48958) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fsC92-0003LP-GT for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:16:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fsBvK-00036t-U6 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:02:42 -0400 Received: from sender-of-o51.zoho.com ([135.84.80.216]:21091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fsBvK-000363-Dj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:02:38 -0400 List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi Guix, when installing / building / reconfiguring a system, Guix spawns a few tools that produce output that might be confusing or misleading. One example is the output of the GRUB installation, which says things like =E2=80=9CInstallation finished. No error reported.=E2=80=9D or that it=E2= =80=99s installing something for a 386 system. I think we should hide (redirect to a log file) or at least prefix messages that are produced by tools that Guix spawns. We could then deliberately print messages that indicate the =E2=80=9Cphases=E2=80=9D of i= nstalling the system, such as =E2=80=9CInstalling GRUB=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D, =E2=80=9CCreati= ng user accounts=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D, etc. What do you think? -- Ricardo