[ python-Bugs-1628895 ] Pydoc sets choices for doc locations incorrectly

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Bugs item #1628895, was opened at 2007-01-05 16:24
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Category: Python Library
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Status: Open
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Submitted By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Pydoc sets choices for doc locations incorrectly

Initial Comment:
In pydoc.Helper.__init__ I see this code:

        execdir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
        homedir = os.environ.get('PYTHONHOME')
        for dir in [os.environ.get('PYTHONDOCS'),
                    homedir and os.path.join(homedir, 'doc'),
                    os.path.join(execdir, 'doc'),
                    '/usr/doc/python-docs-' + split(sys.version)[0],
                    '/usr/doc/python-' + split(sys.version)[0],
                    '/usr/doc/python-docs-' + sys.version[:3],
                    '/usr/doc/python-' + sys.version[:3],
                    os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'Resources/English.lproj/Documenta$            if dir and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dir, 'lib')):
                self.docdir = dir

I think the third choice in the list of candidate directories is wrong.  execdir is the directory of the Python executable (e.g., it's /usr/local/bin by default).  I think it should be set as

    execdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))

You're not going to find a "doc" directory in /usr/local/bin.


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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2007-03-01 10:25

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Looks like that is for Windows distributions, as there is
C:\Python24\python.exe and C:\Python24\Doc.

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