SSHMaster: pause logger to show password prompt

Pause logger before starting SSH connections, and resume it after the
connection is established, so that SSH password prompts are not erased
by the logger's updates.

src/libstore/ssh.cc

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "ssh.hh"
+#include "finally.hh"
 
 namespace nix {
 
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ void SSHMaster::addCommonSSHOpts(Strings & args)
     }
     if (compress)
         args.push_back("-C");
+
+    args.push_back("-oPermitLocalCommand=yes");
+    args.push_back("-oLocalCommand=echo started");
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> SSHMaster::startCommand(const std::string & command)
@@ -49,6 +53,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> SSHMaster::startCommand(const std::string
     ProcessOptions options;
     options.dieWithParent = false;
 
+    if (!fakeSSH && !useMaster) {
+        logger->pause();
+    }
+    Finally cleanup = [&]() { logger->resume(); };
+
     conn->sshPid = startProcess([&]() {
         restoreProcessContext();
 
@@ -86,6 +95,18 @@ std::unique_ptr<SSHMaster::Connection> SSHMaster::startCommand(const std::string
     in.readSide = -1;
     out.writeSide = -1;
 
+    // Wait for the SSH connection to be established,
+    // So that we don't overwrite the password prompt with our progress bar.
+    if (!fakeSSH && !useMaster) {
+        std::string reply;
+        try {
+            reply = readLine(out.readSide.get());
+        } catch (EndOfFile & e) { }
+
+        if (reply != "started")
+            throw Error("failed to start SSH connection to '%s'", host);
+    }
+
     conn->out = std::move(out.readSide);
     conn->in = std::move(in.writeSide);
 
@@ -109,6 +130,9 @@ Path SSHMaster::startMaster()
     ProcessOptions options;
     options.dieWithParent = false;
 
+    logger->pause();
+    Finally cleanup = [&]() { logger->resume(); };
+
     state->sshMaster = startProcess([&]() {
         restoreProcessContext();
 
@@ -117,11 +141,7 @@ Path SSHMaster::startMaster()
         if (dup2(out.writeSide.get(), STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
             throw SysError("duping over stdout");
 
-        Strings args =
+        Strings args = { "ssh", host.c_str(), "-M", "-N", "-S", state->socketPath };
-            { "ssh", host.c_str(), "-M", "-N", "-S", state->socketPath
-            , "-o", "LocalCommand=echo started"
-            , "-o", "PermitLocalCommand=yes"
-            };
         if (verbosity >= lvlChatty)
             args.push_back("-v");
         addCommonSSHOpts(args);