Hi On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 10:44 AM Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Dunno why the default is set to "always". IMHO it should be "auto", > i.e. only colorize in case stdout goes to a terminal. Cluttering > logfiles and confusing compiler message parsers with terminal control > sequences is not nice ... > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> > "Enable colored output with GCC. Ninja redirects stdout/stderr so by default GCC thinks it is not talking to a terminal" https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/commit/4f63fe498314c385de2d3b6a3a953d15985914d2 Since we use make, I don't know if it's any better. Perhaps meson should set compiler/tools colors = always/never based on what it is connected to at configure time instead? -- Marc-André Lureau
