let DPKG_COLORS default to our APT::Color setting

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / deb / dpkgpm.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 834cb0e25262688d55a02fe4493e59cd401376c2..76a81bb3314e895e82096f01a7f3a1886786fde2 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -1501,6 +1501,13 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(APT::Progress::PackageManager *progress)
               _exit(100);
         }
 
+        // if color support isn't enabled/disabled explicitly tell
+        // dpkg to use the same state apt is using for its color support
+        if (_config->FindB("APT::Color", false) == true)
+           setenv("DPKG_COLORS", "always", 0);
+        else
+           setenv("DPKG_COLORS", "never", 0);
+
         execvp(Args[0], (char**) &Args[0]);
         cerr << "Could not exec dpkg!" << endl;
         _exit(100);