Bug#708830: dpkg: colourise dpkg output

2013-05-20 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: - Preparing to replace foo 1.0 (using .../foo_2.0-1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement foo ... - Setting up foo (2.0-1) ... but also the less oftem messages like: - (Reading database ... ?% - Processing triggers for ? Quite frankly, these are

Bug#708830: dpkg: colourise dpkg output

2013-05-20 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sun, 2013-05-19 at 23:50:56 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: - Preparing to replace foo 1.0 (using .../foo_2.0-1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement foo ... - Setting up foo (2.0-1) ... but also the less oftem messages like: - (Reading database ...

Bug#708830: dpkg: colourise dpkg output

2013-05-20 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Sun, 2013-05-19 at 23:50 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: I wonder if this is a sign that dpkg is too noisy. It's often hard to see real warnings from maintainer scripts admid the normal dpkg noise. Well... colourisation would be a good approach between --quiet and what we have now... Cheers,