ssh won't allocate a tty; work around

stdin is not a terminal, drat ssh

I don't much like this workaround

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/Propellor/Message.hs b/src/Propellor/Message.hs
index e184a59e..3671e05b 100644
--- a/src/Propellor/Message.hs
+++ b/src/Propellor/Message.hs
@@ -6,20 +6,26 @@ import System.Console.ANSI
 import System.IO
 import System.Log.Logger
 import "mtl" Control.Monad.Reader
+import Control.Applicative
+import Data.Maybe
 
 import Propellor.Types
 import Utility.Monad
+import Utility.Env
 
 data MessageHandle
 	= ConsoleMessageHandle
 	| TextMessageHandle
 
 mkMessageHandle :: IO MessageHandle
-mkMessageHandle = ifM (hIsTerminalDevice stdout)
+mkMessageHandle = ifM (hIsTerminalDevice stdout <||> (isJust <$> getEnv "TERM"))
 	( return ConsoleMessageHandle
 	, return TextMessageHandle
 	)
 
+forceConsoleMode :: IO ()
+forceConsoleMode = void $ setEnv "TERM" "vt100" False
+
 whenConsole :: MessageHandle -> IO () -> IO ()
 whenConsole ConsoleMessageHandle a = a
 whenConsole _ _ = return ()