Bug#751116: meld doesn't compare 2 files

[Carlos Carvalho]

Bálint Réczey (balint at balintreczey.hu) wrote on 12 June 2014 15:04:
 >2014-06-10 15:18 GMT+02:00 Carlos Carvalho <carlos at fisica.ufpr.br>:
 >> OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented
 >
 >There may be some important information missing from the bug report.
 >I tried reproducing it on a fully updated Jessie/Sid system, but meld
 >worked for me:
 >
 >rbalint at x:~$ echo a > difs-uids~
 >rbalint at x:~$ echo b > difs-uids
 >rbalint at x:~$ meld difs-uids~ difs-uids

Maybe a package is missing here, because the error is "function not
implemented". The list of python packages installed here is:

% dpkg -l|grep python
ii  dh-python                             1.20140511-1                 all          Debian helper tools for packaging Python libraries and applications
ii  libpython-stdlib:i386                 2.7.6-2                      i386         interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python version)
ii  libpython2.7-minimal:i386             2.7.7-2                      i386         Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii  libpython2.7-stdlib:i386              2.7.7-2                      i386         Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 2.7)
ii  libpython3-stdlib:i386                3.4.1-1                      i386         interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
ii  libpython3.3-minimal:i386             3.3.5-1                      i386         Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.3)
ii  libpython3.3-stdlib:i386              3.3.5-1                      i386         Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 3.3)
ii  libpython3.4:i386                     3.4.1-6                      i386         Shared Python runtime library (version 3.4)
ii  libpython3.4-minimal:i386             3.4.1-6                      i386         Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.4)
ii  libpython3.4-stdlib:i386              3.4.1-6                      i386         Interactive high-level object-oriented language (standard library, version 3.4)
ii  python                                2.7.6-2                      i386         interactive high-level object-oriented language (default version)
ii  python-apt                            0.9.3.6                      i386         Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii  python-apt-common                     0.9.3.6                      all          Python interface to libapt-pkg (locales)
ii  python-cairo                          1.8.8-1+b2                   i386         Python bindings for the Cairo vector graphics library
ii  python-cclib                          1.1-1                        all          Parsers and algorithms for computational chemistry (Python module)
ii  python-gdbm                           2.7.7-1                      i386         GNU dbm database support for Python
ii  python-glade2                         2.24.0-3+b1                  i386         GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gobject-2                      2.28.6-12                    i386         deprecated static Python bindings for the GObject library
ii  python-gtk2                           2.24.0-3+b1                  i386         Python bindings for the GTK+ widget set
ii  python-minimal                        2.7.6-2                      i386         minimal subset of the Python language (default version)
ii  python-numpy                          1:1.8.1-1+b1                 i386         Numerical Python adds a fast array facility to the Python language
ii  python-pil                            2.3.0-2                      i386         Python Imaging Library (Pillow fork)
ii  python-pil.imagetk                    2.3.0-2                      i386         Python Imaging Library - ImageTk Module (Pillow fork)
ii  python-support                        1.0.15                       all          automated rebuilding support for Python modules
ii  python-tk                             2.7.7-1                      i386         Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python
ii  python-xdg                            0.25-4                       all          Python 2 library to access freedesktop.org standards
ii  python2.7                             2.7.7-2                      i386         Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 2.7)
ii  python2.7-minimal                     2.7.7-2                      i386         Minimal subset of the Python language (version 2.7)
ii  python3                               3.4.1-1                      i386         interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)
ii  python3-minimal                       3.4.1-1                      i386         minimal subset of the Python language (default python3 version)
ii  python3-uno                           1:4.2.4-4                    i386         Python-UNO bridge
ii  python3.4                             3.4.1-6                      i386         Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.4)
ii  python3.4-minimal                     3.4.1-6                      i386         Minimal subset of the Python language (version 3.4)

Please compare with what you have. Note that I don't install suggested
nor recommended packages. If something is missing here it should be
included in the dependencies of meld.