Cleaned up argument loading slighly. (#1419)

* Cleaned up argument loading slighly. Also flipped some --silent logic to avoid double negatives. --plugin and --conf {'plugin': ...} should now both work.

* Tweaked xorg profile to use list instead of strings. Because strings causes some issues through add_additional_packages() as it ends up as [(xorg, xorg-xinit), nano] instead of a flat list of packages or string.

* Tweaked xorg profile to use list instead of strings. Because strings causes some issues through add_additional_packages() as it ends up as [(xorg, xorg-xinit), nano] instead of a flat list of packages or string.

archinstall/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Arch Linux installer - guided, templates etc."""
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import typing
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
 
 from .lib.disk import *
 from .lib.exceptions import *
@@ -132,6 +133,24 @@ def parse_unspecified_argument_list(unknowns :list, multiple :bool = False, erro
 					print(f" We ignore the entry {element} as it isn't related to any argument")
 	return config
 
+def cleanup_empty_args(args :typing.Union[Namespace, dict]) -> dict:
+	"""
+	Takes arguments (dictionary or argparse Namespace) and removes any
+	None values. This ensures clean mergers during dict.update(args)
+	"""
+	if type(args) == Namespace:
+		args = vars(args)
+
+	clean_args = {}
+	for key, val in args.items():
+		if type(val) == dict:
+			val = cleanup_empty_args(val)
+
+		if val is not None:
+			clean_args[key] = val
+
+	return clean_args
+
 def get_arguments() -> Dict[str, Any]:
 	""" The handling of parameters from the command line
 	Is done on following steps:
@@ -159,14 +178,15 @@ def get_arguments() -> Dict[str, Any]:
 			exit(1)
 
 	# load the parameters. first the known, then the unknowns
-	config.update(vars(args))
+	args = cleanup_empty_args(args)
+	config.update(args)
 	config.update(parse_unspecified_argument_list(unknowns))
 	# amend the parameters (check internal consistency)
 	# Installation can't be silent if config is not passed
-	if args.config is not None :
-		config["silent"] = args.silent
-	else:
+	if args.get('config') is None:
 		config["silent"] = False
+	else:
+		config["silent"] = args.get('silent')
 
 	# avoiding a compatibility issue
 	if 'dry-run' in config:

archinstall/lib/plugins.py

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def find_nth(haystack :List[str], needle :str, n :int) -> int:
 
 def load_plugin(path :str) -> ModuleType:
 	parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(path)
+	log(f"Loading plugin {parsed_url}.", fg="gray", level=logging.INFO)
 
 	# The Profile was not a direct match on a remote URL
 	if not parsed_url.scheme:
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ def load_plugin(path :str) -> ModuleType:
 		if hasattr(sys.modules[namespace], 'Plugin'):
 			try:
 				plugins[namespace] = sys.modules[namespace].Plugin()
+				log(f"Plugin {plugins[namespace]} has been loaded.", fg="gray", level=logging.INFO)
 			except Exception as err:
 				log(err, level=logging.ERROR)
 				log(f"The above error was detected when initiating the plugin: {path}", fg="red", level=logging.ERROR)

profiles/xorg.py

@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ if __name__ == 'xorg':
 				for kernel in archinstall.storage['installation_session'].kernels:
 					archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"{kernel}-headers") # Fixes https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall/issues/585
 				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages("dkms")  # I've had kernel regen fail if it wasn't installed before nvidia-dkms
-				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages("xorg-server xorg-xinit nvidia-dkms")
+				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages("xorg-server", "xorg-xinit", "nvidia-dkms")
 			else:
-				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server xorg-xinit {' '.join(archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))}")
+				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server", "xorg-xinit", *archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))
 		elif 'amdgpu' in archinstall.storage.get("gfx_driver_packages", []):
 			# The order of these two are important if amdgpu is installed #808
 			if 'amdgpu' in archinstall.storage['installation_session'].MODULES:
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ if __name__ == 'xorg':
 				archinstall.storage['installation_session'].MODULES.remove('radeon')
 			archinstall.storage['installation_session'].MODULES.append('radeon')
 
-			archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server xorg-xinit {' '.join(archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))}")
+			archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server", "xorg-xinit", *archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))
 		else:
-			archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server xorg-xinit {' '.join(archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))}")
+			archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages(f"xorg-server", "xorg-xinit", *archinstall.storage.get('gfx_driver_packages', []))
 	except Exception as err:
 		archinstall.log(f"Could not handle nvidia and linuz-zen specific situations during xorg installation: {err}", level=logging.WARNING, fg="yellow")
-		archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages("xorg-server xorg-xinit")  # Prep didn't run, so there's no driver to install
+		archinstall.storage['installation_session'].add_additional_packages("xorg-server", "xorg-xinit")  # Prep didn't run, so there's no driver to install