Meld halts (100% cpu usage) when one file does not end in new line

[Francisco Lourenço]

Meld ( 1.5.0 on ubuntu 11.04 x64 ) halts to 100% cpu usage and probably infinite loop, when comparing two files with one ending in a new line and the other not.

I can reproduce it the following way:
create file 1 and 2

file 1:
a\n

file 2:
b

Compare them with : meld 1 2

Other Relevant data:
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

meld:
  Installed: 1.5.0-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.5.0-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.5.0-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://pt.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

thanks, for the report
this issue is probably a duplicate of bug 774265 or bug 786134

can you try if the version oneiric fixes the issue:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/meld_1.5.1-1_all.deb

[Francisco Lourenço (francisc-tlourenco)]

I actually DID a search for that bug not to submit a duplicate, but was unable to find it.
I can confirm that the problem is solved on 1.5.1 , so it probably was a duplicate.

Thanks for the help!