Meld 3.16.0 requires a "=" in the --output argument, as it uses
a simple hand-rolled command-line parser.

Newer versions of Meld (3.16.4, and possibly earlier) use
optpaarse, which accepts either "--output <file>" or
"--output=<file>".

Use "--output=<file>" for better compatibility.

Signed-off-by: David Aguilar <dav...@gmail.com>
---
 mergetools/meld | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mergetools/meld b/mergetools/meld
index bc178e8882..7a08470f88 100644
--- a/mergetools/meld
+++ b/mergetools/meld
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ merge_cmd () {
 
        if test "$meld_has_output_option" = true
        then
-               "$merge_tool_path" --output "$MERGED" \
+               "$merge_tool_path" --output="$MERGED" \
                        "$LOCAL" "$BASE" "$REMOTE"
        else
                "$merge_tool_path" "$LOCAL" "$MERGED" "$REMOTE"
-- 
2.13.1.453.gc0395165f3

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