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<body><span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:freedesktop-zgkao@q33.us" title="Rob Nagler <freedesktop-zgkao@q33.us>"> <span class="fn">Rob Nagler</span></a>
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href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64737">bug 64737</a>
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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="REOPENED - RFE: add option to optionally turn of color output in systemd tools"
href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64737#c8">Comment # 8</a>
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href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64737">bug 64737</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:freedesktop-zgkao@q33.us" title="Rob Nagler <freedesktop-zgkao@q33.us>"> <span class="fn">Rob Nagler</span></a>
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<pre>Thank you for fixing this, but I do have a problem with the solution.
Today, I finally got fed up with systemctl saying "WARNING: terminal is not
fully functional" even though I already know that, having set $TERM to "dumb"
in my rc file. One could argue that error is the fault of less, but
systemctl/etc. also should respect $TERM, And, while it is handling the case of
no color, it shouldn't call less unless $PAGER or $SYSTEMD_PAGER is set
explicitly.
It is unreasonable for users to have to discover and to configure Yet Another
Environment Variable[1] when $TERM is set correctly to dumb, which has been a
de facto standard on Unix since 1978.
In my particular case, I use Emacs shells (not terminals) for system
interactions. There are, of course, plenty of other reasons programs should
respect $TERM. The primary one being: It's correct. :)
[1] <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000059.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000059.html</a></pre>
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