Bug#1119249: iproute2: The use of the NO_COLOR variable is not explicitly specified

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Subject	Bug#1119249: iproute2: The use of the NO_COLOR variable is not explicitly specified
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Package: iproute2
Version: 6.15.0-1
Severity: minor

Using of NO_COLOR variable MUST be specified in docs/manpages, not changelog only.
I prefer colorless output and learned about this variable only from the source code.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.48+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages iproute2 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.91
ii  libbpf1                1:1.5.0-3
ii  libc6                  2.41-12
ii  libcap2                1:2.75-10+b1
ii  libcap2-bin            1:2.75-10+b1
ii  libdb5.3t64            5.3.28+dfsg2-9
ii  libelf1t64             0.192-4
ii  libmnl0                1.0.5-3
ii  libselinux1            3.8.1-1
ii  libtirpc3t64           1.3.6+ds-1
ii  libxtables12           1.8.11-2

iproute2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iproute2 suggests:
ii  python3  3.13.5-1

-- debconf information excluded

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Bug#1119249: iproute2: The use of the NO_COLOR variable is not explicitly specified stor@vlnet.pp.ru - 2025-10-28 10:30 +0100

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