i’m running a Kotlin script as part of a github action to debug, I wanted to add `println()` stateme...

# scripting

[nfrankel]

i’m running a Kotlin script as part of a github action
to debug, I wanted to add println() statements in different places
the problem is that it doesn’t show up in the action’s log
i’ve blamed github and moved to a docker container
however, it doesn’t output to the standard out either, though it prints warning messages related to the classpath
now, i’m wondering what is wrong

[louiscad]

Weird, in my case it's working perfectly, you can see the code printing its measured processing time (not to be confused with time to compile, load and finally run the script).
https://github.com/LouisCAD/Splitties/runs/2993820921?check_suite_focus=true
Check the 4th step.

Is your GitHub action running on Ubuntu or on another place?

[nfrankel]

Is your GitHub action running on Ubuntu or on another place?

ubuntu-latest

[louiscad]

Then good, you have my working example 🙂

[nfrankel]

https://github.com/nfrankel/nfrankel/blob/master/.github/workflows/build.yml
indeed, yours work
the only difference is that i’m printing inside of functions/variables
might be worth checking

[nfrankel]

thanks 🙂

[louiscad]

I see more differences. You're using SDKMAN to set the thing up, not snap packages, you're using kotlinc instead of executable file + shebang, some special parameters like using the old backend, etc.

[nfrankel]

thanks @louiscad
i fixed the issue
i don’t know exactly the issue
but installing via snap and running the script as per your repo did the trick
🎉