From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>

Dunno why the default is set to "always".  IMHO it should be "auto",
i.e. only colorize in case stdout goes to a terminal.  Cluttering
logfiles and confusing compiler message parsers with terminal control
sequences is not nice ...

Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 meson.build | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e6aa44be54..74f8ea0c2e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 project('qemu', ['c'], meson_version: '>=0.55.0',
-        default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu99', 'cpp_std=gnu++11', 'b_lundef=false'],
+        default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'c_std=gnu99', 'cpp_std=gnu++11',
+                          'b_lundef=false','b_colorout=auto'],
         version: run_command('head', meson.source_root() / 'VERSION').stdout().strip())
 
 not_found = dependency('', required: false)
-- 
2.26.2