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

[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 <someanon126 at 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