Honestly, relying on TERM=xterm-color in 2026 is a outdated and brittle. Rarely do we see xterm anymore and that kind of check is legacy. Terminfo should be the way handle that (thus supporting other terms), but it has its own set of issues.
I'd err on the status quo, instead of carrying a patch which is inappropriate for something which is better tuned by the user in their own bashrc. But those are my 2c ** Tags added: dcr-freezer -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876513 Title: .bashrc color_prompt check only works for xterm-color, not xterm-256color To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1876513/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
