[yocto] Shell not processing color escape codes

[ChenQi]

That's a little strange. The `less' command you are using should be from 
the less package.
It has higher priority than that from busybox.

ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "less"
ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"

The priority from busybox is "50".

Regards,
Chen Qi

On 01/29/2015 11:01 AM, Moore, Thomas (FtWorth) wrote:
>
> I added less to my IMAGE_INSTALL, but it looks like I still have the 
> busybox version in my image. How might I go about forcing the use of 
> the standard less?
>
> *Thomas *
>
> *From:*ChenQi [mailto:Qi.Chen at windriver.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:31 PM
> *To:* Moore, Thomas (FtWorth); yocto at yoctoproject.org
> *Subject:* Re: [yocto] Shell not processing color escape codes
>
> On 01/29/2015 05:56 AM, Moore, Thomas (FtWorth) wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     In my image, I’ve included systemd. I’ve noticed that when running
>     the systemctl command, the shell (/bin/sh) is not processing the
>     color escape codes. Here’s an example of what it looks like:
>
>     [[1;39m82 loaded units listed.[[0m Pass –all to see loaded but
>     inactive units, too.
>
>     Any suggestions on how I can either get the shell to process the
>     escape codes or prevent systemctl from generating them?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     *Thomas*
>
>
>
>
> 1. Install 'less'
> 2. append '--no-pager' to commands
>
> There's related a bug on bugzilla.
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5723
>
> Regards,
> Chen Qi
>

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