Subject: Re: 23.0.60; ediff-skip-merge-regions-that-differ-from-default breaks simple ediffs

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:11:41 -0500

Hi Michael, could you take a look at this bug report?  

If you have problems with the attachments, the bug can be viewed online
at http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1742

Thanks.

>>> David Abrahams <[email-masked]> wrote:

0. Extract the enclosed files to /tmp

1. Evaluate:

  (custom-set-variables
   '(ediff-skip-merge-regions-that-differ-from-default t)
  )
  (ediff "/tmp/x" "/tmp/y")
  
2. Hit the spacebar

Result: "You have killed a vital Ediff buffer---you must leave Ediff
now!"

This happens even with "emacs -q"