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Bug#1071582: ip: Poor color choice for dark background

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  Bug#1071582: ip: Poor color choice for dark background Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@gmail.com> - 2024-05-21 17:00 +0200
    Bug#1071582: ip: Poor color choice for dark background Gedalya <gedalya@gedalya.net> - 2024-05-21 17:20 +0200

#1198185 — Bug#1071582: ip: Poor color choice for dark background

Control: close -1 wontfix
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On Tue, 21 May 2024 at 15:51, Gedalya <gedalya@gedalya.net> wrote:
>
> Package: iproute2
> Version: 6.9.0-1
> Severity: minor
>
> Hello,
>
> The newly enabled colored output is rather hard to read on dark backgrounds, especially the deep blue color used for IPv6 addresses.
>
> Setting COLORFGBG=";0" as the manpage suggests helps a lot.
>
> Consider a scenario when this command is used under stress to manually bring up networking from a VT. It's a rather basic command that would typically run on a dark background and it's important for it to be accessible by default without fiddling around too much.

This has always been enabled by default, even in stable. As per
manpage, you can disable it if you don't want it.

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On 5/21/24 10:55 PM, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> This has always been enabled by default, even in stable.

What is the meaning of this line in the changelog for 6.9.0-1, and why does it correlate with an actual change in behavior?

Quote:
  * Enable output with colors on terminals

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