SUMMARY Comparing a file on a ftp server with a local file leads to file not found error STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. run kdiff3 ftp://192.168.0.1/remote.txt /home/user/local.txt 2. kdiff3 reports error that remote.txt was not found 3. it does not seem to try to access the file on ftp but on local file system OBSERVED RESULT kdiff3 does not open file on ftp server but reports file not found error EXPECTED RESULT kdiff3 opens file on ftp server and compares it to local file SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Debian 10.3.0 MATE 1.20.4 kdiff3 1.8.01-1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION kdiff3 version 0.9.98 is working with ftp files as expected
Should be fixed in 1.8.2. Just released at https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/kdiff3-1.8.2.tar.xz.mirrorlist.