Public bug reported: Binary package hint: python2.6
A pydoc feature is that it will produce an output section headed "MODULE DOCS" and put a URL into the body. Unfortunately, it does some obscure path-based hacking to automatically determine this value sometimes. The end result is that pydoc will now produce an incorrect module docs location for any package installed in dist-packages now. For example: $ pydoc launchpadlib Help on package launchpadlib: NAME launchpadlib - # Copyright 2008 Canonical Ltd. FILE /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/launchpadlib/__init__.py MODULE DOCS http://docs.python.org/library/launchpadlib PACKAGE CONTENTS credentials errors launchpad testing (package) tests (package) DATA __version__ = '1.5.1' VERSION 1.5.1 (END) There isn't actually any content at <http://docs.python.org/library/launchpadlib>. This appears to be due to the switch to dist-packages from site- packages. pydoc cared about the precise spelling of this directory. ** Affects: python2.6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- pydoc tells lies about external module documentation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482250 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs