Package: kompare Version: 4:3.5.2-1 Severity: normal
Create two example files to reproduce the bug: a.txt: 1a 2a - new line inserted here - - new line inserted here - - new line inserted here - - new line inserted here - 3a 4a 5a - modified - 6a - modified - 7a - modified - 8a b.txt: 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a Then compare them: kompare a.txt b.txt Apply the first difference (inserted lines). Line numbers will be wrong in the target file. Apply the second difference (modified lines). Line numbers of modified lines will be copied from the source file (a.txt). This behaviour causes very strange line numbering in the target file. This bug is usually harmless, but causes problems when you try to remember positions by target line numbers to be able to do changes later. You will easily write down wrong line numbers and will not be able to locate these positions in the merged target file in the source code editor later. This is especially flustrating when merging fixes between code bases of similar applications. In my opinion, kompare should renumber target lines after applying each difference from the source file and ensure that line numbers are continuous as usual. The difference graphics will show the source of such lines, so copying source line numbers is rather a wrong idea than a feature. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-sirius-20051219-0354 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages kompare depends on: ii kdelibs4c2a 4:3.5.2-2+b1 core libraries for all KDE applica ii libacl1 2.2.36-1 Access control list shared library ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi ii libattr1 2.4.32-1 Extended attribute shared library ii libaudio2 1.7-8 The Network Audio System (NAS). (s ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfam0 2.7.0-9 Client library to control the FAM ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-1+b1 GCC support library ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libidn11 0.5.18-2 GNU libidn library, implementation ii libjpeg62 6b-12 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-5.1 PNG library - runtime ii libqt3-mt 3:3.3.6-1 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-1+b1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-5.1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Input extension li ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System multi-head display ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime kompare recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
