Bug#804815: meld doesn't work with gtk-3.18.3

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: tags -1 confirmed

2015-11-12 7:12 GMT+04:00 Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>:
> Am 12.11.2015 um 03:33 schrieb David I. Lehn:
>> Package: meld
>> Version: 3.14.1-1
>> Severity: important
>>
>> As mentioned in upstream bugzilla, meld doesn't work with gtk-3.18-3.
>> It makes meld rather useless since you can't see file diffs or do
>> merges.  It appears an API change causes tuples to be returned vs an
>> iterator.  I added a patch to the bugzilla report to get the app working
>> but it seems like a hack so hopefully someone with better familiarity
>> with the code will figure out a proper fix.
>>
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757881
>
> See #804798. To me this looks like a regression in libgtk-3-0, but let's
> see what upstream says.
I would prefer having that fixed in gtk+ thus I'll wait a few days
before I apply the workaround. In the meantime please downgrade to
previous GTK+ version.

Cheers,
Balint