On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 09:48:23PM -0300, Adriano Nagelschmidt Rodrigues wrote:
> Package: apt-listchanges
> Version: 2.59-0.2
>
> I'm running a script to upgrade my system, via cron, with stdout
> sent to /dev/null. I would like to receive the changelogs extracted by
> apt-listchanges via email.
>
> However, if I run apt-get with quiet level < 2, I receive an extra
> email, due to this write to stderr:
>
> /usr/lib/site-python/apt_listchanges.py:
>
> def update_progress(self):
> if self.config.quiet > 1:
> return
>
> if not hasattr(self,'message_printed'):
> self.message_printed = 1
> sys.stderr.write(_("Reading changelogs") + "...\n")
>
>
> If I run apt-get with quiet level >= 2, I don't receive anything, due
> to the last test below:
>
> /usr/bin/apt-listchanges:
>
> if config.quiet == 1:
> config.frontend = 'text'
> elif config.quiet >= 2:
> config.frontend = 'mail'
>
> if config.quiet >= 2 or config.frontend == 'none':
> sys.exit(0)
>
>
> I think sys.exit() should be called only if config.quiet > 2. This
> way, it would be possible to receive only the changelogs when quiet
> level == 2.
quiet levels above two are not defined by apt, and I don't think that this
justifies creating new semantics there.
I think the right thing here is to remove "config.quiet >= 2" from the
second test, so that it only exits if config.frontend == 'none.'. Let me
know if that change causes it to work the way you expect.
--
- mdz
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