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meld package

Meld: GTK error at CLI

Bug #1555915 reported by Doug Morse
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meld (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Running meld from the CLI routinely generates this assertion error:

(meld:20296): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

A mild annoyance at best, but I felt it worth reporting. Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: meld 3.14.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-30.36-generic 4.2.8-ckt3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Mar 10 21:44:55 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-26 (75 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: meld
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Doug Morse (dm-dougmorse) wrote :
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Ben Klaasen (ben-fluidlogic) wrote :

This also occurs on xenial:
```
$ git difftool -y

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed

(meld:19993): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_container_foreach: assertion 'GTK_IS_CONTAINER (container)' failed
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
```

tags: added: xenial
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in meld (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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