Bug#904685: diffoscope: RuntimeError when trying to extract an encrypted file (.bmp)

Ricardo Gaviria ricardo at unitelabs.ch
Fri Jul 27 16:28:10 BST 2018


Perfect! thanks for the clarification. Will look into it so ;)

P.S. I love diffoscope!

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 5:26 PM Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org> wrote:

> Hi Ricardo,
>
> > By the way, if this is a lower priority bug than others. I will gladly
> have
> > a look into the issue and try and resolve it, provided that we agree on
> the
> > expected behaviour of the tool under such a scenario.
>
> AIUI the *ideal* behaviour would be that encrypted files would:
>
>   a) Not cause a traceback
>   b) Be marked as such in the diff (see `add_comment` in the code)
>   c) Be compared in a fallback (ie. binary) fashion
>
> Hope that helps. :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
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