Bug#982678: systemd: journalctl does not repect SYSTEMD_COLORS=0 - colors are still shown

[Michael Biebl]

Am 13.02.21 um 14:33 schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 13.02.21 um 12:11 schrieb Jari Aalto:
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 247.3-1
>> Severity: minor
>>
>> PROBLEM:
>>
>>     env SYSTEMD_COLORS=0 journalctl -xe ssh
>>     ^[[0;1;31mFailed to add match 'ssh': Invalid argument^[[0m
>>
> 
> I guess this is only about the error case?
> When you run
> 
> SYSTEMD_COLORS=0 journalctl -b
> 
> it shouldn't use colors, right?
> 

This is from the man page:
"
        When outputting to a tty, lines are colored according to 
priority: lines of level ERROR and higher are colored red; lines of 
level NOTICE and higher are highlighted; lines of level DEBUG are
        colored lighter grey; other lines are displayed normally.
"

SYSTEMD_COLORS=0 seems to properly work in that case.
Regarding error messages from journalctl itself, it would probably be a 
good idea if you raise this upstream (we are not shipping any downstream 
patches in that regard).

Regards,
Michael