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 <someanon...@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