netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] configure: add the --color option

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Message-ID: <20230915085912.78ffd25c@hermes.local>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:59:12 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>, Nikolay
 Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, David
 Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] configure: add the --color option

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:58:25 +0200
Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com> wrote:

> This commit allows users/packagers to choose a default for the color
> output feature provided by some iproute2 tools.
> 
> The configure script option is documented in the script itself and it is
> pretty much self-explanatory. The default value is set to "never" to
> avoid changes to the current ip, tc, and bridge behaviour.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
> ---

More build time config is not the answer either.
Don't want complaints from distribution users about the change.
Needs to be an environment variable or config file.