[OpenIndiana-discuss] meld utility broken after BE upgrade this morning

[Predrag Zečević]

Hi all,


After BE upgrade this morning, *meld* stopped to work, with:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/meld", line 498, in <module>
     sys.exit(main())
   File "/usr/bin/meld", line 494, in main
     return run_application()
   File "/usr/bin/meld", line 473, in run_application
     from meld.meldapp import MeldApp
   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/vendor-packages/meld/meldapp.py", line 28, 
in <module>
     from meld.meldwindow import MeldWindow
   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/vendor-packages/meld/meldwindow.py", line 
24, in <module>
     import meld.ui.gladesupport  # noqa: F401
   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/vendor-packages/meld/ui/gladesupport.py", 
line 1, in <module>
     import meld.actiongutter  # noqa: F401
   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/vendor-packages/meld/actiongutter.py", line 
51, in <module>
     class ActionGutter(Gtk.DrawingArea):
   File "/usr/lib/python3.9/vendor-packages/meld/actiongutter.py", line 
219, in ActionGutter
     x: float | None = None,
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for |: 'type' and 'NoneType'
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:; pkg list meld
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION 
     IFO
developer/meld                                    3.24.0-2026.0.0.0 
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Utility *meld* was not updated, so some changes in Python is causing 
failure (from pkg info meld):
  Last Update Time: June 24, 2026 at 06:16:03 PM


Best regards
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Predrag Zečević