This bug was fixed in the package meld - 3.18.0-6 --------------- meld (3.18.0-6) unstable; urgency=medium
* Handle terminating diffing subprocesses to avoid severe memory leak (LP: #1738296) -- Balint Reczey <rbal...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 12:58:18 +0200 ** Changed in: meld (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738296 Title: Severe memory leak and subprocesses never terminating To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meld/+bug/1738296/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs