Package: gtkdiff
Version: 1.8.0-2
Severity: normal
Make two files to compare:
% echo "hello world" > /tmp/dummyfile.old
% echo "hello worldy" > /tmp/dummyfile.new
...and good 'ol 'gtkdiff' works fine with them:
% gtkdiff /tmp/dummyfile.old /tmp/dummyfile.new
But not when, by mistake, you leave out the last letter "w":
% gtkdiff /tmp/dummyfile.old /tmp/dummyfile.ne ; echo $?
** WARNING **: /tmp/dummyfile.ne: stat in check_filetype()
GLib-WARNING **: g_printf_string_upper_bound(): unable to handle positional
parameters (%n$)
GLib-WARNING **: g_printf_string_upper_bound(): unable to handle positional
parameters (%n$)
Then 'gtkdiff' pops up, empty, with a vague message box that says:
Warning
(!) you can't compare /tmp/dummyfile.old and /tmp/dummyfile.ne.
[ OK ]
...and when you close 'gtkdiff' the error code is:
0
It'd be better of 'gtkdiff' didn't start up, and showed a command line
error, (or maybe a box, if it did start up), that said something more
precise like:
Error: can't find '/tmp/dummyfile.ne'.
...and returned a proper error code.
Hope this helps...
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Versions of packages gtkdiff depends on:
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.14-16.2 imaging library for use with gtk (
ii libart2 1.4.2-20 The GNOME canvas widget - runtime
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb3 3.2.9-22 Berkeley v3 Database Libraries [ru
ii libesd-alsa0 [libesd0] 0.2.35-2.1 Enlightened Sound Daemon (ALSA) -
ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-10 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome32 1.4.2-20 The GNOME libraries
ii libgnomesupport0 1.4.2-20 The GNOME libraries (Support libra
ii libgnomeui32 1.4.2-20 The GNOME libraries (User Interfac
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.10-17 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
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