https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627940#c6 : > Right, so this does seem to be an Ubuntu bug. Somehow, Python's universal > newline handling is broken in Ubuntu, and since Meld relies upon it for > reading > non-\n files, you're seeing this bug.
If this supposition is correct, I guess the cleanest way to correct this is to patch ubuntu's python implementation of newline. It will by the way correct other applications which relies upon it. -- meld regression - now inaccurately highlights file differences https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/578121 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs