Dear Maintainer, when I run kdiff3 to compare 2 directories it crashes with the assertion mentioned in the subject, after beginning to scan the 2nd directory. It happens when I start kdiff3 from the terminal with the 2 directories given on the command line and also when I run kdiff3 without arguments and enter the two directories in the dialog box. Backtrace: [KCrash Handler] #4 __pthread_kill_implementation (threadid=<optimized out>, signo=signo@entry=6, no_tid=no_tid@entry=0) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:44 #5 0x00007fd8dcea9d9f in __pthread_kill_internal (signo=6, threadid=<optimized out>) at ./nptl/pthread_kill.c:78 #6 0x00007fd8dce5af32 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:26 #7 0x00007fd8dce45472 in __GI_abort () at ./stdlib/abort.c:79 #8 0x00007fd8dce45395 in __assert_fail_base (fmt=0x7fd8dcfb9a90 "%s%s%s:%u: %s%sAssertion `%s' failed.\n%n", assertion=assertion@entry=0x562c223787a8 "!m_modificationTime.isNull()", file=file@entry=0x562c22378728 "./src/fileaccess.cpp", line=line@entry=762, function=function@entry=0x562c22378a38 "QDateTime FileAccess::lastModified() const") at ./assert/assert.c:92 #9 0x00007fd8dce53e32 in __GI___assert_fail (assertion=0x562c223787a8 "!m_modificationTime.isNull()", file=0x562c22378728 "./src/fileaccess.cpp", line=762, function=0x562c22378a38 "QDateTime FileAccess::lastModified() const") at ./assert/assert.c:101 #10 0x0000562c223021c0 in ?? () #11 0x0000562c2233e182 in ?? () #12 0x0000562c2229c4d0 in ?? () #13 0x0000562c2229ffbb in ?? () #14 0x0000562c222b6d59 in ?? () #15 0x0000562c2228ba3f in ?? () #16 0x0000562c2227dda8 in ?? () #17 0x0000562c222727bb in ?? () #18 0x00007fd8dce461ca in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x562c222719f0, argc=argc@entry=3, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffce297ec48) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58 #19 0x00007fd8dce46285 in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x562c222719f0, argc=3, argv=0x7ffce297ec48, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7ffce297ec38) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360 #20 0x0000562c22273f81 in ?? () Unfortunately the KCrash Handler does not say which packages with debug information I shall install to get a more useful backtrace. :-(