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[1.4.0rc2] Installer doesn't properly render some non-Latin glyphs

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#60165: closed ([1.4.0rc2] Installer doesn't properly render
 some non-Latin glyphs)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:19:03 +0000

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From: Wolf <wolf <at> wolfsden.cz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU Guix 1.4.0rc2 available for testing!
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:39:00 +0100

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On 2022-12-17 17:38:02 +0100, Wolf wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 2022-12-11 10:39:56 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hello Guix!
> > 
> > The second release candidate of the upcoming 1.4.0 release is now
> > available for testing, fixing issues that were reported for rc1:
> > 
> >   source:
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.4.0rc2.tar.gz
> > 
> >   binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> > 
> >   system installation:
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.iso
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso
> > 
> >   virtual machine image:
> >     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.qcow2
> > 
> > SHA256 hashes:
> > 
> >   3b6c676615ce0b9de7c66ead528a91bb8520b74d2c391e0000dac8d4c76d2d52  guix-1.4.0rc2.tar.gz
> >   3566bfe5f0615f9b2167db7d1a2f1c88c02e8cc5013563b3e1eb95636a58f850  guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
> >   18741b6780e9d0f8985d2514e5dff32110091cdf4da106062d1a2cf5cd6ed6a4  guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
> >   3d8348c2dbed8f9c6ab90f2ddc0df8c10d45c042612aed1fe7dcc7eabbc18b70  guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
> >   4731126cc4f3f22265ae430e2acc3f67489ec311e42de346b634656740258033  guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
> >   542e53a09fddedbddd75dfc745509ad9365cb7a76750d9bf8575b589c97dc286  guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> >   b35f94609942b9715acefa978166189c5505934c9576b1c3e14417beb5c48d6d  guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.iso
> >   880a1ee977f6999f635352222d5667930d1d859a607c723573c86bd9f6c2ae69  guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso
> >   8bc98e42ba9370f49cfc2b051083121d8682c760ac3dac614b3f478d174c8756  guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.qcow2
> > 
> > All these files have an associated ‘.sig’, an OpenPGP signature that you
> > can verify as explained at
> > <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html> [0].
> > 
> > You can help by:
> > 
> >   1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice.  You can
> >      download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh> and uncomment the
> >      ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org.  It
> >      should pick up 1.4.0rc2 automatically.
> > 
> >   2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System (the ISO images).
> 
> I booted up the installer under qemu (that is how far my current
> knowledge of guix allows me to test :) ), and I did notice that the
> first "weird" language is not rendered properly under 1.4.0rc2. I
> attached screenshots of 1.3.0 installer and 1.4.0rc2 installer. Notice
> that under 1.4.0rc2 there are just square boxes instead of the
> letters.

Aaaand of course I forgot to attach the files :(

> 
> Qemu is running with -display gtk, but I do not believe that should
> actually matter. Invocation looks like this:
> 
> qemu-system-x86_64 \
> 	-bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF.fd \
> 	-display gtk \
> 	-enable-kvm \
> 	${use_install:+-cdrom} ${use_install:+"$guix_sys_install_iso"} \
> 	-hda "$guix_sys_vm_img" \
> 	-hdb "$new_img_a" \
> 	-hdd "$new_img_b" \
> 	-m 4096 \
> 	-machine type=q35,accel=kvm \
> 	-cpu host \
> 	-smp 2 \
> 	-device VGA,vgamem_mb=64 \
> 	-net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:10022-:22 \
> 	-monitor unix:"$mon_socket",server,nowait \
> 	-virtfs local,path="$host_dir",mount_tag=shared,security_model=none,readonly=on \
> 	&
> 
> I can share full script if desired (but I think the variables are
> pretty much self-describing).
> 
> > 
> >   3. Testing the VM image, along the lines of
> >      <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html>.
> > 
> > Please report success to guix-devel <at> gnu.org, and report bugs and
> > annoyances to bug-guix <at> gnu.org.
> > 
> > If not serious problems are reported, we may release 1.4.0 on Dec. 19th.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> > Ludo’.
> > 
> > [0] Replacing https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=127547 by
> >     https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 in the
> >     instructions.  This will only be reflected on the website after the
> >     release is made.
> 
> W.
> 
> -- 
> There are only two hard things in Computer Science:
> cache invalidation, naming things and off-by-one errors.



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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: wolf <at> wolfsden.cz, 60164-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 60165 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60165: [1.4.0rc2] Installer doesn't properly render some
 non-Latin glyphs
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:18:37 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:
>> is it too late to replace by font-gnu-unifont to fix CJK fonts?
> Oh sure.  Could you send a patch?

Pushed as bbd11199e6856ded8d75468a16789715b6817b45.

> That’ll be in the next release…

It is good that way.  Thank you!

Closing.

Regards,
Florian

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