Yay: v2.297 lost its colors

Created on 31 Jan 2018 · 4Comments · Source: Jguer/yay

The previous releases used to show colorful output on the terminal, e.g. when searching for packages. The latest release doesn't do that anymore. Is it expecting a config flag or a particular cli arg for that feature now?

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muesli

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yay now follows pacman's config /etc/pacman.conf for colors.

You need to add Color to your options /etc/pacman.conf
Example (my pacman.conf):

#{{{ General options
    [options]
    HoldPkg      = pacman glibc
    CleanMethod  = KeepInstalled
    UseDelta     = 0.7
    Architecture = auto
#}}}

#{{{ Misc options
    UseSyslog
    Color
    TotalDownload
    CheckSpace
    VerbosePkgLists
#}}}

#{{{ Trust
    SigLevel           = Required DatabaseOptional
    LocalFileSigLevel  = Optional
    RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
#}}}

#{{{ Repositories
    [core]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [extra]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [community]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [multilib]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#}}}

# vim:fdm=marker

Jguer on 31 Jan 2018

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yay now follows pacman's config /etc/pacman.conf for colors.

You need to add Color to your options /etc/pacman.conf
Example (my pacman.conf):

#{{{ General options
    [options]
    HoldPkg      = pacman glibc
    CleanMethod  = KeepInstalled
    UseDelta     = 0.7
    Architecture = auto
#}}}

#{{{ Misc options
    UseSyslog
    Color
    TotalDownload
    CheckSpace
    VerbosePkgLists
#}}}

#{{{ Trust
    SigLevel           = Required DatabaseOptional
    LocalFileSigLevel  = Optional
    RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
#}}}

#{{{ Repositories
    [core]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [extra]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [community]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

    [multilib]
    Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#}}}

# vim:fdm=marker

Jguer on 31 Jan 2018

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Awesome, that's definitely an improvement! Quickly added the Color option to my pacman.conf and can confirm it's working just fine. Thanks for the detailed reply!

muesli on 31 Jan 2018

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cool