On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 21:16 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 08:09:24PM +0000, jnq...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, Julian, > > > > Thanks for adding the colour support in apt 2.0.1. > > > > I'm curious though, most implementations use isatty() to determine > > the > > default colour control setting, which it seems that your > > implementation > > lacks, instead only outputting colour when explicitly enabled via > > `-o > > APT::Color=true`. > > > > Was it a deliberate decision to not make use of isatty() to > > determine a > > default? > > That's how it works, apt(8) sets APT::Color to true by default, and > the > code sets it to false if stdout is not a tty. Which it already did > before, > as you can see in apt list, for example. > > As is customary, for compatibility reasons, apt-get(8) and apt-cache > and > friends do not change behavior.
Oh, sorry. I saw no isatty() related change in a commit referenced from the automatic 'pending' notification, and I did indeed try with apt-get rather than pure apt after updating which had no color by default, so figured it must be missing. thanks.
