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	peterleinchen	2014-04-22 , 11:25
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Nope.
But trying out it sometimes work but most often not.

Check this way (works):
mark one file on left pane, press tab, mark another file on right pane, press ctrl-x ctrl-d. Now the two files below the marked ones (those with the cursor highlight) will be compared. [did not check the way if there is only one file in dir, maybe select .. ?]

So yes really buggy.

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handaxe	2014-04-22 , 17:50
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Originally Posted by chill

Has anybody tried to Command->Compare Files? It pops up an error window, saying two files are needed to compare. I do select two files (using Crtl t) before trying to compare.

Via ssh I spotted the following, in amongst the mess of text that I get (the ncurses display gets somewhat corrupted it seems but will restore):

Code:

diff: unrecognised option '--old-group-format=%df%(f=l?:,%dl)d%dE'

Busybox version of diff is the issue: mc issues incorrectly formatted string. Is there a maemo diffutils?

Last edited by handaxe; 2014-04-22 at 18:24.

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	joerg_rw	2014-04-22 , 18:25
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MC in maemo-extras seems to have broken dependencies, so doesn't install, is blocking installation via HAM of any previously existing working version, and it seems there are several severe bugs in it.
My *private* take on it: should get rolled back (I.E. demoted resp removed from maemo-extras), and tester team needs some refresh about what testing means and how it should get done, then author should provide a fixed version to maemo-extras-testing so testers can do a better job than done this time.
Until new approval by testing team the previous (working) MC version shall be available for regular users vie maemo-extras.

again, this is my private notion, not related to or backed up by maemo council.
Please comment.

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handaxe	2014-04-23 , 12:14
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Originally Posted by joerg_rw

MC in maemo-extras seems to have broken dependencies, so doesn't install.... (much snipped)

I agree the last working version with standard installation steps should be available to users. The points about testing are also true but things will slip by particularly with an app as multifaceted as mc.

The update is also welcome if these issues can be solved quickly.

BTW, one more vote needed for libslang2. This should be ok to just vote on given that it comes from the sdk and thus is tested.

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	ginggs	2014-04-23 , 12:21
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Originally Posted by handaxe

Busybox version of diff is the issue: mc issues incorrectly formatted string. Is there a maemo diffutils?

There is diffutils-gnu. It may be possible to depend on that and use gdiff instead of diff.

Originally Posted by handaxe

BTW, one more vote needed for libslang2. This should be ok to just vote on given that it comes from the sdk and thus is tested.

I don't get notified of votes, so if anyone casts the sixth vote, please post in this thread and I'll promote libslang2.

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handaxe	2014-04-23 , 12:42
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Originally Posted by ginggs

There is diffutils-gnu. It may be possible to depend on that and use gdiff instead of diff.

That will work, as I tested it with a symlink from /usr/bin/gdiff to /usr/bin/diff.

However, we must consider what else in mc is borked with busybox versions of standard 'nix utils.

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reinob	2014-04-23 , 13:03
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Originally Posted by peterleinchen

Nope.
But trying out it sometimes work but most often not.

Check this way (works):
mark one file on left pane, press tab, mark another file on right pane, press ctrl-x ctrl-d. Now the two files below the marked ones (those with the cursor highlight) will be compared. [did not check the way if there is only one file in dir, maybe select .. ?]

So yes really buggy.

MC will compare the two files which are currently under the cursor (selected, not tagged). This works, at least in my case, consistently fine.

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	ginggs	2014-04-23 , 13:18
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I've promoted libslang2 now. Thanks voters!

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	joerg_rw	2014-04-23 , 13:47
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Originally Posted by handaxe

That will work, as I tested it with a symlink from /usr/bin/gdiff to /usr/bin/diff.

However, we must consider what else in mc is borked with busybox versions of standard 'nix utils.

Please note that some users

might want to get rid of the symlinks
/usr/bin/g* -> /usr/bin/gnu/\1
Please use the /usr/bin/gnu/* instead in mc. Even better: provide an env or config option to override the path where to look for binaries first, or do same for the FQN of all binaries you call.
Wait, maybe my coffee not yet kicked in...

Code:

PATH=/usr/bin/gnu:$PATH mc

(which might be the reason why I didn't notice the problem in previous mc?)

Code:

IroN900:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin/gnu:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/gnu:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
IroN900:~# export PATH2=$PATH
IroN900:~# export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
IroN900:~# diff --version
bash: diff: command not found
IroN900:~# gdiff --version
diff (GNU diffutils-gnu) 2.8.1
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Dieses Programm wird ohne Gewährleistung geliefert, soweit dies
gesetzlich zulässig ist. Sie können es unter den Bedingungen der GNU
General Public License weitergeben. 
Details dazu enthält die Datei COPYING.

Geschrieben von Paul Eggert, Mike Haertel, David Hayes,
Richard Stallman und Len Tower.
IroN900:~# mc
#see picture / screenshot
IroN900:~# mc --version
GNU Midnight Commander 4.7.4
Virtuelles Dateisystem: cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ftpfs, fish
Mit eingebautem Editor
Verwende die ncurses-Bibliothek
Mit standardmäßiger Subshell-Unterstützung: 
Mit Unterstützung für Hintergrundtätigkeiten
Mit Maus-Unterstützung für xterm
Mit Internationalisierungs-Unterstützung
Mit mehrfach Codepage-Unterstützung
Datentyp: char: 8; int: 32; long: 32; void *: 32; size_t: 32; off_t: 64;
IroN900:~#

http://wstaw.org/m/2014/04/23/plasma...opr31889_1.png

with my original resp PATH2: http://wstaw.org/m/2014/04/23/plasma-desktopL31889.png
/j

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handaxe	2014-04-23 , 14:27
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Originally Posted by joerg_rw

with my original resp PATH2: ...(snip)

Was that path modified by the installation process of that mc version or by you? I ask because if the latter then mc never met the standard outlined (correctly) by you above.