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mcdiff doesnt work in windows 11 #5143

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@jpph

Is there an existing issue for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues

Midnight Commander version and build configuration

GNU Midnight Commander 4.8.33, build:236
CompilǸ avec GLib 2.54.3
Built with S-Lang 3.0.0 libw32 emulation
Construit avec libssh2 1.11.1
using Mbed TLS 3.6.2 encryption library
Avec Ǹditeur intǸgrǸ et support aspell
Avec prise en charge de la souris sur xterm
Avec prise en charge de l�?Tinternationalisation
Avec prise en charge de plusieurs pages de code
Syst��mes de fichiers virtuels��:
 cpiofs, tarfs, sfs, extfs, ftpfs, sftpfs, shell
Types de donnǸes��:
 char: 8; int: 32; long: 32; void *: 64; size_t: 64; off_t: 32; mc_off_t: 64; time_t: 64; uintmax_t: 64;

Operating system

windows 11

Is this issue reproducible using the latest version of Midnight Commander?

  • I confirm the issue is still reproducible with the latest version of Midnight Commander

How to reproduce

select 2 file and do ctrl-x ctrl-d

Expected behavior

should show diff

Actual behavior

error message will say "can not found c:\program"
seems can not handle space in file path somewhere

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  1. added theissue type on Aug 25, 2026
  2. added
    prio: mediumHas the potential to affect progress
    needs triageNeeds triage by maintainers
    on Aug 25, 2026
  3. jpph commented on Aug 25, 2026

    @jpph
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    i have seen it is a know issue on win32 port, closing it

  4. zyv commented on Aug 25, 2026

    @zyv
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  5. added
    res: invalidThe ticket is not a bug, or is a support request
    and removed
    needs triageNeeds triage by maintainers
    on Aug 25, 2026
  6. removed this from the Future Releases milestone on Aug 25, 2026
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