#1008534 devhelp: No page open

Package:
devhelp
Source:
devhelp
Description:
GNOME developers help program
Submitter:
Kumar
Date:
2022-05-05 17:27:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1008534#5
Date:
2022-03-28 14:24:17 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

In Debian Sid, "devhelp" doesn't open a single page i.e. (default) empty
page remained open. I tried to click on different manual and even
reinstall "devhelp" and "cppreference" manual, but issue persists.

### Steps to reproduce
- Open devhelp.
- Click on any reference manual page available in left side of the bar.
    In my case, (by default) I've few (Pango*) manuals.

### Expected output
Corresponding clicked page should be opened.

### Actual output
An (default) empty page remained open.

### Additionals
When "cppreference" manual is installed and devhelp is launched from
terminal, we'll get some extra information.

$ sudo apt install cppreference-doc-en-html  # Install cppreference manual.
$ devhelp

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp2”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp2: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp2.gz”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp2.gz: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp.gz”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-local.tag.xml.devhelp.gz: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp2”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp2: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp2.gz”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp2.gz: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp: Not a directory

(devhelp:10278): devhelp-WARNING **: 13:11:35.276: Failed to read “/usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp.gz”: Error opening file /usr/share/devhelp/books/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml/cppreference-doxygen-web.tag.xml.devhelp.gz: Not a directory
^C


- k

#1008534#10
Date:
2022-05-05 16:47:07 UTC
From:
To:
Shouldn't this be a higher priority than "normal"?  It basically makes
"devhelp" unusable.