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26 Sep 2025
@sternenseemann:systemli.orgsterni yes this also happens in that case, hence you need to overrideScope 09:52:08
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornA recent ghc version started embedding links to the ghc error index via terminal control codes.14:14:39
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornThat doesn’t seem to work in nix logs.14:15:07
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornDoes anyone know how that can be fixed?14:15:23
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornIf not maybe we should deactivate/strip it?14:15:41
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Looks like that for me:

<no location info>: warning: [8;;https://errors.haskell.org/messages/GHC-42258GHC-422588;;] [-Wunused-packages]
14:16:36
@alex:tunstall.xyzAlex My guess is that [8;; is some kind of terminal escape code.
Although undesirable, does disabling colours work?
15:03:59
@teoc:matrix.orgteo (they/he)A quick glance at the GHC codebase points me to GHC.Types.Errors where it seems like this is always emitted irrespective of whether you are in a fancy terminal. We probably shouldn't do that15:06:29
@teoc:matrix.orgteo (they/he)Ah wait no it is a setting15:06:50
@teoc:matrix.orgteo (they/he) yeah it determines if your terminal supports colours and only uses it in that case. And you can disable it with fprint-error-index-links=never 15:08:23
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornYeah, but are we sure that nix can’t forward that? I mean it can forward colors.15:14:09
@b:chreekat.netchreekatSounds like something in the chain does not understand the encoding. Maybe something (nix?) is special cased for colors but not that17:04:37
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornSounds likely.17:12:11
@maralorn:maralorn.demaralornMight be worth to open a nix issue about it.17:12:25

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