Bug#824603: meld gives python traceback on first use after installation.

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: tags -1 moreinfo unreproducible

Hi Jason,

2016-05-18 0:43 GMT+02:00 Jason Butler <jason.butler at nicta.com.au>:
>
> Package: meld
> Version: 3.16.0-1
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I
>  1. Ran apt-get update; apt-get install meld
>  2. ran /usr/bin/meld
>  3. See this traceback:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 72, in do_startup
>     self.new_window()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 138, in new_window
>     window = meldwindow.MeldWindow()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldwindow.py", line 266, in __init__
>     self.widget.set_help_overlay(shortcut_window)
> AttributeError: 'ApplicationWindow' object has no attribute 'set_help_overlay'
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 78, in do_command_line
>     tab = self.parse_args(command_line)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 336, in parse_args
>     focus=i == 0)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 149, in open_files
>     window = self.get_meld_window()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 144, in get_meld_window
>     return self.get_active_window().meldwindow
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'meldwindow'

I tried to but could not reproduce the issue on latest testing.

Could you please give it a try again?

I ran:
mkdir /tmp/fake-home meld
cp .Xauthority /tmp/fake-home/
HOME=/tmp/fake-home meld

but got no traceback.

Cheers,
Balint