Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] configure: add the --color option

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:59:12 -0700

On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:58:25 +0200
Andrea Claudi <[email-masked]> wrote:

> This commit allows users/packagers to choose a default for the color
> output feature provided by some iproute2 tools.
> 
> The configure script option is documented in the script itself and it is
> pretty much self-explanatory. The default value is set to "never" to
> avoid changes to the current ip, tc, and bridge behaviour.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Claudi <[email-masked]>
> ---

More build time config is not the answer either.
Don't want complaints from distribution users about the change.
Needs to be an environment variable or config file.