Bug#825979: meld: Can no longer read from named pipes

[Kyanos]

Package: meld
Version: 3.16.0-1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Since the upgrade to 3.16.0, I cannot compare text read from pipes, such
as those created from process substitution. When I try to use one, Meld
says:

> There was a problem opening the file "/dev/fd/63"
> Not a regular file

I have used process substitution for such things as:

Comparing two gzip'ed text files:
$ meld <(gunzip -c file1.txt.gz) <(gunzip -c file2.txt.gz)

Comparing a Vim buffer to the file on disk:
:w !meld % <(cat)

(In the second example, I cannot use ":w !meld % -" because Meld does
not recognize "-" as standard input.)

If restoring this ability is infeasible, I will understand. Thank you
for your consideration.

Kyanos

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (300, 'oldstable-updates'), (300,
'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.5.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages meld depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.26.0-1
ii gir1.2-gtksource-3.0 3.20.3-1
ii libcanberra-gtk3-module 0.30-3
ii libgtk-3-0 3.20.4-1
ii libgtksourceview-3.0-1 3.20.3-1
ii patch 2.7.5-1
ii python-gi 3.20.1-1
ii python-gi-cairo 3.20.1-1
pn python:any <none>

Versions of packages meld recommends:
pn yelp <none>

meld suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825979
Control: tags -1 confirmed upstream

Hi Kyanos,

2016-06-01 4:56 GMT+02:00 Kyanos <somea...@gmail.com>:
> Package: meld
> Version: 3.16.0-1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> Since the upgrade to 3.16.0, I cannot compare text read from pipes, such
> as those created from process substitution. When I try to use one, Meld
> says:
>
>> There was a problem opening the file "/dev/fd/63"
>> Not a regular file
>
> I have used process substitution for such things as:
>
> Comparing two gzip'ed text files:
> $ meld <(gunzip -c file1.txt.gz) <(gunzip -c file2.txt.gz)
>
> Comparing a Vim buffer to the file on disk:
> :w !meld % <(cat)
>
> (In the second example, I cannot use ":w !meld % -" because Meld does
> not recognize "-" as standard input.)
>
> If restoring this ability is infeasible, I will understand. Thank you
> for your consideration.

Thank you for the bug report.
I could reproduce it and found that it has been reported to upstream already.

Cheers,
Balint

[Michael Biebl]

Am 07.06.2016 um 22:10 schrieb Bálint Réczey:
> Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825979

Wrong C&P? The forwarded url is the same as this bug report.


--
Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
universe are pointed away from Earth?

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765021

2016-06-07 22:42 GMT+02:00 Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>:
> Am 07.06.2016 um 22:10 schrieb Bálint Réczey:
>> Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825979
>
> Wrong C&P? The forwarded url is the same as this bug report.

Yes, fixed now.

> --
> Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the
> universe are pointed away from Earth?

Thanks, ;-)