in reply to They've fscked with CPAN.pm again

Please note: I asked "how to disable colorisation", not "how to make it work", or "who enabled it by default", nor did I invite debate as to whether I should want to disable it.

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Re^2: They've fscked with CPAN.pm again
by syphilis (Archbishop) on Sep 12, 2009 at 01:53 UTC
    I asked "how to disable colorisation", not "how to make it work", or "who enabled it by default"

    In this particular instance, I think the solution lies (in part, at least) in altering sub _warn in lib/ActivePerl/Config.pm.

    At the beginning of that sub we have: 
        unless (-t STDOUT) {
    print "\n$msg\n";
    return;
    }

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    Changing the (-t STDOUT) to (0) takes care of things nicely for me. (There's no doubt a less hamfisted approach that would also work.)

    Cheers,
    Rob
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      There's no doubt a less hamfisted approach that would also work

      For example, this patch to lib/ActivePerl/Config.pm: 
      --- Config.pm_orig      Sun Sep 13 17:44:03 2009
+++ Config.pm   Sun Sep 13 17:49:34 2009
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@
     unless ($console) {
        $console = Win32::Console->new(Win32::Console::STD_OUTPUT_HAND
+LE());
     }
+    my $current = $console->Attr();
     my($col,undef) = $console->Size;
     print "\n";
     $console->Attr($Win32::Console::FG_RED | $Win32::Console::BG_WHIT
+E);
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@
        $_ .= " " while length() < $col-1;
        print "$_\n";
     }
-    $console->Attr($Win32::Console::ATTR_NORMAL);
+    $console->Attr($current);
     print "\n";
 }

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      Cheers,
      Rob
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Re^2: They've fscked with CPAN.pm again
by DrHyde (Prior) on Sep 14, 2009 at 09:47 UTC
    So you want people to help you disable it, without knowing who enabled it or where they did it?
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      I asked if anybody knew!. In your case, I think the answer is fairly obviously "no".

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Pardon me for trying to be helpful. I'll try not to do that in future.

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