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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-06-09 17:29:23 +0200
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-06-09 17:59:05 +0200
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installer: final: Dump "guix system init" command output when testing.
When debugging the installation tests, it can be very handy to be able to read "guix system init" command output. * gnu/installer/final.scm (install-system): Dump installation command output to the console when running the installation tests.
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diff --git a/gnu/installer/final.scm b/gnu/installer/final.scm
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@@ -205,7 +205,18 @@ or #f. Return #t on success and #f on failure."
(lambda ()
(start-service 'cow-store (list (%installer-target-dir))))
(lambda ()
- (run-command install-command #:locale locale))
+ ;; If there are any connected clients, assume that we are running
+ ;; installation tests. In that case, dump the standard and error
+ ;; outputs to syslog.
+ (if (not (null? (current-clients)))
+ (with-output-to-file "/dev/console"
+ (lambda ()
+ (with-error-to-file "/dev/console"
+ (lambda ()
+ (setvbuf (current-output-port) 'none)
+ (setvbuf (current-error-port) 'none)
+ (run-command install-command #:locale locale)))))
+ (run-command install-command #:locale locale)))
(lambda ()
(stop-service 'cow-store)
;; Remove the store overlay created at cow-store service start.