Fix coloring of error messages containing '}' symbol (#8277)

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
index de26deceb2..3e40443a40 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/tty/color.py
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class match_to_ansi(object):
         string = styles[style]
         if color:
             if color not in colors:
-                raise ColorParseError("invalid color specifier: '%s' in '%s'"
+                raise ColorParseError("Invalid color specifier: '%s' in '%s'"
                                       % (color, match.string))
             string += ';' + str(colors[color])
 
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ def colorize(string, **kwargs):
             codes, for output to non-console devices.
     """
     color = _color_when_value(kwargs.get('color', get_color_when()))
-    return re.sub(color_re, match_to_ansi(color), string)
+    string = re.sub(color_re, match_to_ansi(color), string)
+    string = string.replace('}}', '}')
+    return string
 
 
 def clen(string):
@@ -224,14 +226,14 @@ def clen(string):
 
 
 def cextra(string):
-    """"Length of extra color characters in a string"""
+    """Length of extra color characters in a string"""
     return len(''.join(re.findall(r'\033[^m]*m', string)))
 
 
 def cwrite(string, stream=sys.stdout, color=None):
     """Replace all color expressions in string with ANSI control
        codes and write the result to the stream.  If color is
-       False, this will write plain text with o color.  If True,
+       False, this will write plain text with no color.  If True,
        then it will always write colored output.  If not supplied,
        then it will be set based on stream.isatty().
     """
@@ -246,8 +248,25 @@ def cprint(string, stream=sys.stdout, color=None):
 
 
 def cescape(string):
-    """Replace all @ with @@ in the string provided."""
-    return str(string).replace('@', '@@')
+    """Escapes special characters needed for color codes.
+
+    Replaces the following symbols with their equivalent literal forms:
+
+    =====  ======
+    ``@``  ``@@``
+    ``}``  ``}}``
+    =====  ======
+
+    Parameters:
+        string (str): the string to escape
+
+    Returns:
+        (str): the string with color codes escaped
+    """
+    string = str(string)
+    string = string.replace('@', '@@')
+    string = string.replace('}', '}}')
+    return string
 
 
 class ColorStream(object):
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
index 59af563c92..400589b8a0 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ from six import iteritems
 from six import StringIO
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
-from llnl.util.tty.color import colorize
+from llnl.util.tty.color import cescape, colorize
 from llnl.util.filesystem import mkdirp, install, install_tree
 
 import spack.build_systems.cmake
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def get_package_context(traceback, context=3):
         marked = '  {0}{1:-6d}{2}'.format(
             mark, start + start_ctx + i, line.rstrip())
         if is_error:
-            marked = colorize('@R{%s}' % marked)
+            marked = colorize('@R{%s}' % cescape(marked))
         lines.append(marked)
 
     return lines
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/log_parse.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/log_parse.py
index 34192fd6fd..a5a3dbb7f4 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/log_parse.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/log_parse.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from six import StringIO
 from ctest_log_parser import CTestLogParser, BuildError, BuildWarning
 
 import llnl.util.tty as tty
-from llnl.util.tty.color import colorize
+from llnl.util.tty.color import cescape, colorize
 
 __all__ = ['parse_log_events', 'make_log_context']
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ def make_log_context(log_events, width=None):
             wrapped_line = line_fmt % (i, '\n'.join(lines))
 
             if i in error_lines:
-                out.write(
-                    colorize('  @%s{>> %s}\n' % (color, wrapped_line)))
+                out.write(colorize(
+                    '  @%s{>> %s}\n' % (color, cescape(wrapped_line))))
             else:
                 out.write('     %s\n' % wrapped_line)