[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> Or just determine why the test for whether to enable colors >> isn't working for the buildbot? In build-aux/check.mk, it does this: >> >> if test -t 1; then >> red=... > > The 'test -t 1' does not check the value of TERM. It simply assumes a > vt220 terminal and assigns escape sequences without regard to terminal > type. It really should only do this when there is a compatible $TERM > present. > > The buildbot is effectively a 'script' session. The output is a tty. > All of the output is saved to a file. But TERM is not set. It is a > dumb terminal.
So testing TERM would do it. Thanks. I'll do that. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
