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Re: apt-get -qq install



David Christensen wrote:
> >>>
> >>> (Un)fortunately this is a CI/CD pipeline, the VM and its data will be
> >>> gone forever after the build. Unless I care to keep apt output as an
> >>> artifact somewhere which is IMHO an overkill. I just want an concise
> >>> CI/CD log without interactive bells and whistles like progress
> >>> indicators.
> >>
> >>
> >> Without seeing your CI/CD pipeine -- create a patterns file containing
> >> regular expressions that match the lines you want removed, then add a
> >> grep(1) filter into the pipeline:
> > 
> > Of course I can think of many workarounds. The original question was
> > however why "-qq" was not working and what I was missing in "apt"
> > usage.
> 
> 
> You're right -- I made no attempt to figure out why apt(8) apparently 
> does not implement proper "quiet", "real-quiet", etc., options.
> 
> 
> Call it pragmatism.  I've been down plenty of rabbit holes trying to 
> trouble-shoot software; and I expect apt(8) is non-trivial.  How many 
> hours have you and others spent on this issue?  

The link Davidson has provided shows that many people have spent some
time on it since 2009.

> Have you found the 
> "correct" solution?  Using grep(1) in a command pipeline to filter out 
> unwanted lines is a known technique.  It took me a few minutes to write 
> the example, and it works.

Yes, I think I'll have to resort to a workaround once it's now clear
that this is a bug. I just don't like the idea of creating a
workaround when there is an official way to do something, but this is
clearly not the case.

-- 
Victor Sudakov VAS4-RIPE
http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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