GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 633161
Wrong comparsion
Last modified: 2010-11-22 20:54:40 UTC
meld-1.3.1-1.fc13.noarch and meld-1.3.1-31.fc13.noarch : this: 7ebfa2ae24d61d3470a356bc5225acf4 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.1-linux-i386.tgz 8b4bd000efcc4ac576c113e9e779cbdf ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.1-linux-ppc64.tgz bbbe13bdb70d251763ad78ac68df5b78 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.1-linux-ppc.tgz 80c7f19aa421834d6883a928b659d513 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.1-linux-x86_64.tgz e6ff6df22c6ea48a45307ab3af976ba2 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-i386.tgz fa2a7e5d17290d004228ac357d6806f0 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-ppc64.tgz bf795377774f2eab285b440ee862cbf2 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-ppc.tgz 52131fac6a99d18319807ac49891299a ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-s390.tgz 8226c8a59442435b9f3a7bae5945a164 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-s390x.tgz ca7395aef8511cb97b7806822dfcad08 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.1-linux-x86_64.tgz 4a001069a434b363aeb7a9bede0fa3b9 jtzu-1.6.10k.zip b91413c12539be1bea3dd321fe913061 java-access-bridge-1.6.0.tar.gz compared to this: 85af2bd3405aa17beeb457b4b17842a2 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.2-linux-i386.tgz 8fc9ec465782eee6b06aa7c6fe4f67dd ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.2-linux-ppc64.tgz 7326bc3216a0a98b0b99ef2863307395 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.2-linux-ppc.tgz 06bba58251fa8eed00515b3cbe47efb2 ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.2-linux-x86_64.tgz ef49b3abd51a45c914169c7bc54ca741 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-i386.tgz 4128b9a9cfda66140e8d7afd609672b2 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-ppc64.tgz 4d591ae8c01fe0db51cacd2093ea3c0a ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-ppc.tgz db53cd30ed0b8813e9b6eba5d7a367d1 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-s390.tgz 8a370e23c4d0ed3a2bafb9dae2c462e0 ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-s390x.tgz 7c9eb8d738e7de169f56934e7f49a01d ibm-java2-sdk-5.0-12.2-linux-x86_64.tgz b2063849293054db8da827b04024775d jtzu-1.6.10l.zip b91413c12539be1bea3dd321fe913061 java-access-bridge-1.6.0.tar.gz makes wrong highliht - red is whole eg 1-linux-i386.tgz and 2-linux-i386.tgz except pure 1 and 2... When text reduced to eg pure ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.1-linux-i386.tgz and ibm-java2-javacomm-5.0-12.2-linux-i386.tgz Then works fine. I'm using it for very simmilar comparsions very often, and always before higligted right. Tested on f13 - several litmes. btw- thanx for this glorious utility.
I can confirm this with Meld Version: 1.3.0-2ubuntu1 running in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS. I'm going to try attaching the MeldInconsistenciesScreenshot.png file so that you can see what I'm seeing. If I succeed in attaching it, take a close look at both sides of the comparison and note that Meld is highlighting and marking the differences incorrectly. This is just one example. I could come up with additional screenshots if needed.
Created attachment 173802 [details] This screenshot shows Meld incorrectly marking differences between two files.
The problem on Ubuntu is unrelated to the original report, and is an Ubuntu bug. See bug 627940.
This bug has been fixed in git head, and the highlighting is now sensible. Thanks for your bug report. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 587410 ***