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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336333

           Summary: zypper: suppress escape sequence if tty is missing
           Product: openSUSE 10.3
           Version: Final
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: libzypp
        AssignedTo: jkupec@xxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: kssingvo@xxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: dmacvicar@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: Development


I'm using zypper to do regular check for updates on my machine and in special
cases (= not every time) let zypper install them. I do this via cronjob and log
the output into file.

This file grows very large, as there are a lot of escape sequences in the
output: the spinning wheel, or the percent gauge.

I'm using the "-n" option and still it's far too much (150kB last night).
The commandline options are:
- For checking new updates:
  /usr/bin/zypper -n -t list-updates  2>/dev/null >$tmpfile
- In case I allow doing the update (which I logged):
  /usr/bin/zypper -n -t update >$tmpfile 2>&1

My enhancement request is this:
if there is no $TTY set (like in cronjob), then reduce the output of zypper to
minium lines and print the result only.

Maybe the terse option should be more restrictive?


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