Merge pull request #942 from dagwieers/color-capability

Check for terminal capabilities if curses is available

lib/ansible/color.py

@@ -21,7 +21,19 @@ import sys
 ANSIBLE_COLOR=True
 if os.getenv("ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR") is not None:
     ANSIBLE_COLOR=False
-if not sys.stdout.isatty():
+elif not sys.stdout.isatty():
+    ANSIBLE_COLOR=False
+else:
+    try:
+        import curses
+        curses.setupterm()
+        if curses.tigetnum('colors') < 0:
+            ANSIBLE_COLOR=False
+    except ImportError:
+        # curses library was not found
+        pass
+    except curses.error:
+        # curses returns an error (e.g. could not find terminal)
         ANSIBLE_COLOR=False
 
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