Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Luca Boccassi Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist,linux.debian.kernel Subject: Bug#1071582: ip: Poor color choice for dark background Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 17:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Gedalya , 1071582@bugs.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-bugs-dist-request@lists.debian.org Tue May 21 14:57:10 2024 Old-Return-Path: X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 3.402 Reply-To: Luca Boccassi , 1071582@bugs.debian.org Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Cc: Debian Kernel Team X-Debian-Pr-Message: followup 1071582 X-Debian-Pr-Package: iproute2 X-Debian-Pr-Source: iproute2 X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWyP4ORAVb79UUvV5gSY6bb0UsZAayPnSllmQdpwqTutHFMvr1SutrxteZaaSGL/M3RvdRaj5Yb12cmf0T3Pary8L6HLxWu5A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yyb7YQ8+OTXvOelRNYaPop0qm2EL7hqMIf7jepBYC9vmtcXqb1K XzH/UzpnxG8CoKoSoot/ik9wQzSJY+xOPzub5XEyACuPREuDWihdxyvXyztSIhjY9MXauYaeyTS HOsc/v8uV+g0euNJ1leca41GgTQU= X-Google-SMTP-Source: AGHT+IGQzazwK53CERC2qJ7mu5oUgpQDXf3E/cXkYeiUfjZPWQSqvjYmyhLaR1fx/EdJ0jM+V2L24GyzLSGZT4PLulY= X-Received: by 2002:a25:7a81:0:b0:dcb:fe58:a08b with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-dee4f2e1040mr26878336276.15.1716303317154; Tue, 21 May 2024 07:55:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Debian-Message: from BTS X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1838633 List-ID: List-URL: Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 23 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:55:05 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <11ecbb4c-95bf-4017-a9fb-0831c8b2dab5@gedalya.net> <11ecbb4c-95bf-4017-a9fb-0831c8b2dab5@gedalya.net> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.bugs.dist:1198185 linux.debian.kernel:82530 Control: close -1 wontfix Control: close -1 On Tue, 21 May 2024 at 15:51, Gedalya wrote: > > Package: iproute2 > Version: 6.9.0-1 > Severity: minor > > Hello, > > The newly enabled colored output is rather hard to read on dark backgroun= ds, especially the deep blue color used for IPv6 addresses. > > Setting COLORFGBG=3D";0" as the manpage suggests helps a lot. > > Consider a scenario when this command is used under stress to manually br= ing up networking from a VT. It's a rather basic command that would typical= ly run on a dark background and it's important for it to be accessible by d= efault 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.