Re: escape sequences in test output -- colors (new snapshot)

[Jim Meyering]

address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
...
> I would like it if there were a way to disable the escape sequences.
> But my creativity is at a loss at thinking up a well named environment
> variable to do this.  COREUTILS_TESTS_COLOR=no ??  I am okay if this
> is an optional configuration and not the default.
>
> I would like it if "FAIL:" were displayed again when tests failed.  I
> think that is the more intuitive opposite to the "PASS:" and "SKIP:"
> strings.  Looking for "Error 1" from make seems to be the only way to
> find failures now.
>
>> If enough people tell address@hidden that they like it, maybe
>> it'll end up being added there.  Thank the Vaucanson group for their
>> build-aux/check.mk file.

Hi Bob,

> Or perhaps lobby against it.  :-)

Or just determine why the test for whether to enable colors
isn't working for the buildbot?  In build-aux/check.mk, it does this:

  if test -t 1; then
    red=...

Can you create a stand-alone test that demonstrates the problem?