[Bug 1448917] Re: apt-get -o quiet=1 dist-upgrade isn't quiet anymore

[Mike Pontillo]

This bug also affects MAAS, since it clutters our hardware testing
output with things like:

    (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%(Reading database ...
10%(Reading database ... 15%(Reading database ... 20%(Reading database
... 25%(Reading database ..

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Also affects: maas
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: maas
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  apt-get -o quiet=1 dist-upgrade isn't quiet anymore

Status in MAAS:
  Won't Fix
Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:	15.04

  apt:
    Installed: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
    Candidate: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 1.0.9.7ubuntu4 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  Current:

  Until updating from Utopic to Vivid apt-get with command line
  parameter "-o quiet 1" did not output the progress as formatted text.
  Since the update the progress is written to stdout as formatted text.
  This breaks a lot of scripts, e.g. the cron-apt package with mail send
  enabled. The attached text is no longer text only and will be encoded
  as binary, so the mail is unreadable.

  Expected:

  Same behaviour as with version from Utopic, no progress output

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