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> --- meson.build | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build index df5bf728b57a..558e0139768f 100644 --- a/meson.build +++ b/meson.build @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ project('qemu', ['c'], meson_version: '>=0.55.0', - default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu99', 'cpp_std=gnu++11', 'b_lundef=false'], + default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu99', 'cpp_std=gnu++11', + 'b_lundef=false','b_colorout=auto'], version: run_command('head', meson.source_root() / 'VERSION').stdout().strip()) not_found = dependency('', required: false) -- 2.27.0