bug#58375: closed (Installer does not show what is being downloaded)

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> Sat, 08 Oct 2022 12:34:08 +0200
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> 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:
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> substitute: mise à jour des substituts depuis «…»... 100.0 %
> 4.5 Mo seront téléchargés.
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> Maybe this is related to the translation?
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> Hey,
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> Thanks for having a look!
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> > I haven’t actually tested the patch but it LGTM.  One thing to check is
> > whether ‘terminal-window-size’ returns something sensible for the
> > pseudo-terminal; it could be that we need an extra ioctl so the
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> Well it returns 0 for all fields, but I tested on several screen sizes
> and everything seems fine so I went ahead.
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> While testing I noticed two new issues though:
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> 1. When the disk is GPT partitionned there is no confirmation page in
>   "run-label-page". Something I missed in #57232.
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> 2. When there is an exception in run-external-command-with-handler/tty
>     for instance, the backtrace page is displayed in the PTY and the
>     keyboard shortcuts do not work anymore.
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> I'll address point 1 shortly but could use some advice for point 2.
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> Thanks,
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> Mathieu
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