Subject: Re: bug#48174: meld TypeError on startup

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 16:40:19 +0300

On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 04:24:15PM -0500, Nathan Dehnel wrote:
> nathan@guixlaptop ~ $ meld
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File
> "/gnu/store/ry77lgy02rs7605gyn6cai8ff9v64h4l-meld-3.20.3/bin/..meld-real-real",
> line 385, in <module>
>     setup_settings()
>   File
> "/gnu/store/ry77lgy02rs7605gyn6cai8ff9v64h4l-meld-3.20.3/bin/..meld-real-real",
> line 270, in setup_settings
>     meld.settings.create_settings()
>   File
> "/gnu/store/ry77lgy02rs7605gyn6cai8ff9v64h4l-meld-3.20.3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/meld/settings.py",
> line 98, in create_settings
>     meldsettings = MeldSettings()
>   File
> "/gnu/store/ry77lgy02rs7605gyn6cai8ff9v64h4l-meld-3.20.3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/meld/settings.py",
> line 40, in __init__
>     settings.connect('changed', self.on_setting_changed)
> TypeError: <Gio.Settings object at 0x7fd6d5157f00 (GSettings at
> 0x250f7a0)>: unknown signal name: changed

Can you post the output of 'guix describe'? I'm not able to reproduce
this locally.

Generation 20   May 02 2021 09:15:48    (current)
  guix 1b792e8
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 1b792e8b5275dc010c53d91062082340431204f2
(ins)efraim@3900XT ~/workspace/guix$ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc meld -- meld

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