Diffstat on attached patch, which now considers stdout's status as a tty before acting on COLUMNS:
debian/patches/00list | 1 debian/patches/01-check-columns-env-var.dpatch | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ diffstat-1.45/debian/changelog | 12 ++++++++++ diffstat-1.45/debian/control | 5 ++-- diffstat-1.45/debian/rules | 9 +++++-- 5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Thinking about it more, though, I think I like dpkg's behavior, wherein COLUMNS is honored even when stdout is a process instead of a tty. For example if you run: COLUMNS=70 dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop | less The output is properly formatted, whereas if you remove the COLUMNS=, you'll find that it spans nearly 140 columns. Either way, though, it works. ** Attachment added: "This one considers whether or not stdout is a tty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13009086/columns_for_tty.ubuntu.debdiff -- diffstat does not honor COLUMNS environment variable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
