bug#33779: Color-coded output from autoconf/automake (was Re: bug#33779: Wrong lib-list in install-%DIR%LTLIBRARIES)

[Bert Wesarg]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 3:29 PM Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023, at 4:38 AM, Bert Wesarg via Bug reports for Automake 
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 6:58 AM Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > No, I don't have one. It just crossed my eyes while working on more
> > silent rules in Automake. I made Ben recently aware of these changes,
> > which are availalbe here:
> >
> > https://github.com/bertwesarg/automake/commits/more-and-colorful-silence
> >
> > and also Autoconf is now more colorful:
> >
> > https://github.com/bertwesarg/autoconf/commits/color
>
> Both of those URLs are 404 for me.

Its now public.

>
> FYI, with my Autoconf hat on, I will not be inclined to take patches that 
> hardcode "ANSI" terminal control codes.  $TERM must be honored in detail.  
> The easiest way to do that is probably to probe for the existence of the 
> `tput` command and then use that to set shell variables with all the 
> necessary control codes.  When working on patches for Automake, also keep in 
> mind that $TERM might change between "./configure" and "make".

It reuses the color setting code from lib/am/check.am, which is
already in use. And autoconf has its own logic copied into m4sh.m4. So
the decision is independent

Bert