On 08/06/16 07:01, Ivy Foster wrote:
> Syncing repos and downloading packages with --noprogressbar specified
> often prints the status message "downloading $foo..." to several
> lines in a row.
> ---
> src/pacman/callback.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/pacman/callback.c b/src/pacman/callback.c
> index ab3e14f..468d657 100644
> --- a/src/pacman/callback.c
> +++ b/src/pacman/callback.c
> @@ -680,8 +680,10 @@ void cb_dl_progress(const char *filename, off_t
> file_xfered, off_t file_total)
>
> if(config->noprogressbar || cols == 0 || file_total == -1) {
> if(file_xfered == 0) {
> - printf(_("downloading %s...\n"), filename);
> + printf(_("downloading %s...\r"), filename);
> fflush(stdout);
> + } else if(file_xfered == file_total) {
> + putchar('\n');
> }
> return;
> }
I'm not going to accept this because it is just papering over the
underlying issue. From memory, there was a thread about fixing the
root cause of this about a year ago. I'm not sure where than went.
Allan
