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Bug 1235617 - Missing translation causes confusion to users
Summary: Missing translation causes confusion to users
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Martin Kolman
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-06-25 10:30 UTC by Anssi Johansson
Modified: 2015-11-19 09:54 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-21.48.22.26-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-11-19 09:54:56 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Screen shot of the bug (61.55 KB, image/png)
2015-06-25 10:30 UTC, Anssi Johansson 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
CentOS 8956 0 None None None Never
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2284 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE anaconda bug fix and enhancement update 2015-11-19 09:44:49 UTC

Description Anssi Johansson 2015-06-25 10:30:38 UTC 
Created attachment 1043050 [details]
Screen shot of the bug

Description of problem:
Most of the texts for text mode "initial setup" are shown in English, even if the user has chosen to use something else than English as the language during installation.

The user is presented with "Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue | 'r' to refresh]", regardless of the language selected.

However, the 'c' option is not accepted. Instead, the user is required to enter the first letter of the word "continue" in their own language. For example, "continue" in Finnish is "jatka", so 'j' works. In Swedish, "continue" is "fortsättä", so 'f' works.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
initial-setup-0.3.9.23-1.el7.centos.2.x86_64.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Do a minimal install in Finnish (or presumably any other non-English language)
2. yum install initial-setup
3. reboot

Actual results:
initial-setup asks for 'c', but accepts only 'j'. See the attached screen shot.

Expected results:
The prompt should match the key the user is supposed to press.

Additional info:
This was tested on CentOS 7.1.1503, but I have reason to believe this also affects RHEL. Bug 1183042 may have an effect in reproducing this bug. In fact, we do exactly that in CentOS 7 nowadays, so the "steps to reproduce" no longer work for CentOS.

Best regards, avij from the CentOS QA team
Comment 2 Martin Kolman 2015-07-22 14:53:35 UTC 
Looks like this issue is actually a result of how the Anaconda text mode translations are done. The translation of the "Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue | 'r' to refresh]" string is done separately from the translations of the "q", "c" and "r" strings.

So if one of them os translated and the other is not the results is that we tell the user he should type something while expecting him to type something else.

The solution for this is to not depend on the translations to be complete by translating the trigger letters separately:

"Please make your choice from above ['%s' to quit | '%s' to continue | '%s' to refresh]" % (_("q"), _("c"), _("r"))

In this case a partial translation might look weird (the letter might be translated but the overall message not) but it will always expect the user to type the same letter that is actually displayed.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 09:54:56 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2284.html
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