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
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pydoc tells lies about external module documentation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/482250
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