fix: hand the terminal to a piped installer

README.md

@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ Every release ships `SHA256SUMS.txt` and a detached signature of it, checkable a
 
 | Platform | Files | Extracted size | Extract to | Download |
 |----------|------:|---------------:|-----------|----------|
-| Batocera | 1,839 | 4.0 GB | `/userdata/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| BizHawk | 542 | 2.2 GB | `Firmware/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| EmuDeck | 624 | 3.2 GB | `~/Emulation/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| Lakka | 4,525 | 5.5 GB | `/storage/system/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| MiSTer FPGA | 74 | 24 MB | `/media/fat/games/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| ROCKNIX | 1,741 | 5.3 GB | `/storage/roms/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| Recalbox | 1,330 | 3.6 GB | `/recalbox/share/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| RetroArch | 4,525 | 5.5 GB | `system/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| RetroBat | 1,466 | 4.4 GB | `bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| RetroDECK | 3,519 | 6.2 GB | `~/retrodeck/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| RetroPie * | 4,525 | 5.5 GB | `~/RetroPie/BIOS/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
-| RomM | 617 | 1.3 GB | `library/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| Batocera | 12,810 | 7.5 GB | `/userdata/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| BizHawk | 950 | 2.4 GB | `Firmware/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| EmuDeck | 620 | 3.2 GB | `~/Emulation/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| Lakka | 8,504 | 6.0 GB | `/storage/system/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| MiSTer FPGA | 83 | 29 MB | `/media/fat/games/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| ROCKNIX | 5,804 | 6.1 GB | `/storage/roms/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| Recalbox | 3,222 | 3.9 GB | `/recalbox/share/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| RetroArch | 8,504 | 6.0 GB | `system/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| RetroBat | 12,399 | 7.9 GB | `bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| RetroDECK | 7,793 | 8.0 GB | `~/retrodeck/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| RetroPie * | 12,533 | 8.1 GB | `~/RetroPie/BIOS/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
+| RomM | 1,087 | 1.5 GB | `library/bios/` | [Download](../../releases/latest) |
 
 The RetroDECK pack already carries its own `bios/` folder, so it extracts into `~/retrodeck/` rather than into the BIOS folder.
 
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ The scripts and tooling are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
 The BIOS and firmware files are not covered by that license: they are third-party system software, preserved and provided for personal backup, archival, and interoperability with emulation software. [NOTICE](NOTICE) sets out their status and how to ask for a file to be removed.
 The reasoning, and where it is weakest, is in the [FAQ](https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/wiki/faq/#is-this-legal).
 
-*Auto-generated on 2026-10-09T21:03:52Z*
+*Auto-generated on 2026-10-09T23:59:06Z*

install.sh

@@ -97,4 +97,11 @@ if [ -z "$PYTHON" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-"$PYTHON" "$INSTALLER" "$@"
+# Piped from curl, standard input is this script, not the terminal: the
+# installer would skip every question it can ask. Hand it the terminal when
+# there is one.
+if [ ! -t 0 ] && (: </dev/tty) 2>/dev/null; then
+  "$PYTHON" "$INSTALLER" "$@" </dev/tty
+else
+  "$PYTHON" "$INSTALLER" "$@"
+fi

install/lakka.json

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   "total_files": 5861,
   "total_size": 6398490526,
   "pack_files": 8504,
-  "pack_size": 6439023690,
+  "pack_size": 6439023053,
   "total_omitted": 0,
   "omitted_files": [],
   "files": [

install/retroarch.json

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
   "total_files": 5861,
   "total_size": 6398490526,
   "pack_files": 8504,
-  "pack_size": 6439023690,
+  "pack_size": 6439023053,
   "total_omitted": 0,
   "omitted_files": [],
   "files": [

install/retropie.json

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "total_files": 9890,
   "total_size": 8732256943,
   "pack_files": 12533,
-  "pack_size": 8772790107,
+  "pack_size": 8772789470,
   "total_omitted": 8,
   "omitted_files": [
     {

release.json

@@ -1,100 +1,103 @@
 {
-  "tag": "v2026.09.04",
+  "tag": "v2026.10.10",
   "packs": {
     "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 1839,
-      "extracted_size": 4320230269,
-      "download_size": 2557851727,
+      "files": 12810,
+      "extracted_size": 8062660183,
+      "download_size": 5570768859,
       "assets": [
-        "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.part1of3.zip",
+        "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.part2of3.zip",
+        "Batocera_43.1_BIOS_Pack.part3of3.zip"
       ]
     },
     "BizHawk_2.11.1_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 542,
-      "extracted_size": 2332771486,
-      "download_size": 1223296442,
+      "files": 950,
+      "extracted_size": 2585360680,
+      "download_size": 1469752558,
       "assets": [
         "BizHawk_2.11.1_BIOS_Pack.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "EmuDeck_2.3.8_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 624,
-      "extracted_size": 3398423896,
-      "download_size": 1889509442,
+    "EmuDeck_2.7EA_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 620,
+      "extracted_size": 3473777719,
+      "download_size": 1939696164,
       "assets": [
-        "EmuDeck_2.3.8_BIOS_Pack.zip"
+        "EmuDeck_2.7EA_BIOS_Pack.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "MiSTer_FPGA_2026-08-29_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 74,
-      "extracted_size": 25209623,
-      "download_size": 16769418,
+    "MiSTer_FPGA_2026-09-29_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 83,
+      "extracted_size": 29989684,
+      "download_size": 18787872,
       "assets": [
-        "MiSTer_FPGA_2026-08-29_BIOS_Pack.zip"
+        "MiSTer_FPGA_2026-09-29_BIOS_Pack.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "ROCKNIX_20260901_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 1741,
-      "extracted_size": 5715015067,
-      "download_size": 3337595108,
+    "ROCKNIX_20261001_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 5804,
+      "extracted_size": 6538611412,
+      "download_size": 4022886600,
       "assets": [
-        "ROCKNIX_20260901_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "ROCKNIX_20260901_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "ROCKNIX_20261001_BIOS_Pack.part1of2.zip",
+        "ROCKNIX_20261001_BIOS_Pack.part2of2.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "Recalbox_10.0.8_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 1330,
-      "extracted_size": 3883703707,
-      "download_size": 2096847659,
+    "Recalbox_10.1.1_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 3222,
+      "extracted_size": 4173452215,
+      "download_size": 2367991387,
       "assets": [
-        "Recalbox_10.0.8_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "Recalbox_10.0.8_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "Recalbox_10.1.1_BIOS_Pack.part1of2.zip",
+        "Recalbox_10.1.1_BIOS_Pack.part2of2.zip"
       ]
     },
     "RetroArch_Lakka_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 4525,
-      "extracted_size": 5882727352,
-      "download_size": 3349430771,
+      "files": 8504,
+      "extracted_size": 6407344187,
+      "download_size": 3853113197,
       "assets": [
-        "RetroArch_Lakka_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "RetroArch_Lakka_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "RetroArch_Lakka_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.part1of2.zip",
+        "RetroArch_Lakka_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.part2of2.zip"
       ]
     },
     "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 1466,
-      "extracted_size": 4724194892,
-      "download_size": 3105818817,
+      "files": 12399,
+      "extracted_size": 8493976396,
+      "download_size": 6134642511,
       "assets": [
-        "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.part1of3.zip",
+        "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.part2of3.zip",
+        "RetroBat_8.2.1_BIOS_Pack.part3of3.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "RetroDECK_0.10.9b_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 3519,
-      "extracted_size": 6627934502,
-      "download_size": 4132852872,
+    "RetroDECK_0.10.10b_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 7793,
+      "extracted_size": 8590201314,
+      "download_size": 5469112852,
       "assets": [
-        "RetroDECK_0.10.9b_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "RetroDECK_0.10.9b_BIOS_Pack.zip.002",
-        "RetroDECK_0.10.9b_BIOS_Pack.zip.003"
+        "RetroDECK_0.10.10b_BIOS_Pack.part1of3.zip",
+        "RetroDECK_0.10.10b_BIOS_Pack.part2of3.zip",
+        "RetroDECK_0.10.10b_BIOS_Pack.part3of3.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "RetroPie_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 4525,
-      "extracted_size": 5882738533,
-      "download_size": 3349391169,
+    "RetroPie_4.8.12_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 12533,
+      "extracted_size": 8742145940,
+      "download_size": 5482623403,
       "assets": [
-        "RetroPie_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip.001",
-        "RetroPie_v1.22.2_BIOS_Pack.zip.002"
+        "RetroPie_4.8.12_BIOS_Pack.part1of3.zip",
+        "RetroPie_4.8.12_BIOS_Pack.part2of3.zip",
+        "RetroPie_4.8.12_BIOS_Pack.part3of3.zip"
       ]
     },
-    "RomM_5.2.0_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
-      "files": 617,
-      "extracted_size": 1370456481,
-      "download_size": 765186250,
+    "RomM_5.3.1_BIOS_Pack.zip": {
+      "files": 1087,
+      "extracted_size": 1581830590,
+      "download_size": 973353236,
       "assets": [
-        "RomM_5.2.0_BIOS_Pack.zip"
+        "RomM_5.3.1_BIOS_Pack.zip"
       ]
     }
   }

tests/test_install.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import importlib.util
 import io
 import json
 import os
+import shlex
 import re
 import shutil
 import subprocess
@@ -1460,6 +1461,47 @@ class TestAvailablePlatforms(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertTrue(marker.is_file(), "piped bootstrap did not download install.py")
             self.assertIn("retroarch", proc.stdout)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(shutil.which("script"), "script(1) provides the terminal")
+    def test_piped_one_liner_hands_the_terminal_to_the_installer(self):
+        """curl | sh gives the installer the script as stdin, so isatty()
+        was false and every question it asks was skipped on Linux and Mac."""
+        scratch = REPO_ROOT / "tmp" / "tests"
+        scratch.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=scratch) as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            probe = root / "probe.py"
+            probe.write_text(
+                "import sys\nprint('installer stdin is a terminal:', sys.stdin.isatty())\n",
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            fake_bin = root / "bin"
+            fake_bin.mkdir()
+            (fake_bin / "curl").write_text(
+                "#!/bin/sh\n"
+                "output=\n"
+                "while [ \"$#\" -gt 0 ]; do\n"
+                "  if [ \"$1\" = --output ]; then output=$2; shift 2; else shift; fi\n"
+                "done\n"
+                f"cp -- {shlex.quote(str(probe))} \"$output\"\n",
+                encoding="utf-8",
+            )
+            (fake_bin / "curl").chmod(0o755)
+            env = os.environ.copy()
+            env.update(
+                PATH=f"{fake_bin}{os.pathsep}{env['PATH']}",
+                TMPDIR=str(root),
+                RETROBIOS_INSTALL_URL="https://example.invalid/install.py",
+                RETROBIOS_INSTALL_SHA256=hashlib.sha256(probe.read_bytes()).hexdigest(),
+            )
+            piped = f"sh -s < {shlex.quote(str(REPO_ROOT / 'install.sh'))}"
+            proc = subprocess.run(
+                ["script", "-qec", piped, "/dev/null"],
+                cwd=root, env=env, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
+                check=False,
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 0, proc.stdout + proc.stderr)
+        self.assertIn("installer stdin is a terminal: True", proc.stdout)
+
 
 class TargetListFailureIsNotAnAnswer(unittest.TestCase):
     """A timeout is not 'no targets': it sent users to the full pack."""