414 – add global option to disable color output in portage

Bug 414 - add global option to disable color output in portage

Summary: add global option to disable color output in portage

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Unclassified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Geert Bevin

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Duplicates (1):	500 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2002-01-29 11:14 UTC by Geert Bevin
Modified:	2011-10-30 22:18 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Geert Bevin 2002-01-29 11:14:18 UTC

An additional var in make.globals (COLOR_OUTPUT) could determine whether the
output generated by portage is colored or just b&w. All texts will have to be
updated to support that though.

Comment 1 Geert Bevin 2002-02-03 16:24:17 UTC

*** Bug 500 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Geert Bevin 2002-02-03 17:38:39 UTC

fixed in the cvs version of portage
new variable is NOCOLOR that will disabled color output when set to true