meld prints FIXME messages to standard error when files are identical on Ubuntu 14.04
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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meld (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The following message is printed to standard error:
FIXME: Oxygen:
The message is repeatedly written to stderr, the number of times depending on how long the files are.
System information:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
$ apt-cache policy meld
meld:
Installed: 1.8.4-1
Candidate: 1.8.4-1
Version table
*** 1.8.4-1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
(Note: I have only tested this from Kubuntu)
To reproduce the error:
$ echo "1" > 1.txt
$ echo "1" > 2.txt
$ meld 1.txt 2.txt
This will produce 2 lines with the message when the user exits meld.
The message also appears when there are a large number of identical lines in the beginning of the file, such that the "change highlighting incomplete" message appears.
Expected output: None.
This error message messes up my terminal window, and gives no useful information to the user.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.