From: Daniel Drake Fix /etc/init.d/foo --nocolor Index: baselayout-2.0.0_alpha3/src/libeinfo.c =================================================================== --- baselayout-2.0.0_alpha3.orig/src/libeinfo.c +++ baselayout-2.0.0_alpha3/src/libeinfo.c @@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ static bool colour_terminal (void) if (in_colour == 1) return (true); + if (is_env ("RC_NOCOLOR", "yes")) + return (false); + if (! term) { term = getenv ("TERM"); if (! term)