#1142827 openorienteering-mapper: Unable to open help from program

Package:
openorienteering-mapper
Source:
openorienteering-mapper
Description:
Orienteering map drawing application
Submitter:
Martin
Date:
2026-07-26 20:09:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1142827#5
Date:
2026-07-26 18:38:28 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

If I try to invoke help in the program, for example by invoking manual via "F1" key, program is unable to
find the help file.

strace reveals it is looking for help at

/usr/share/doc/openorienteering-mapper/Mapper 0.9.5 Manual.qch

However on the systemn is gzipped version installed:

'/usr/share/doc/openorienteering-mapper/Mapper 0.9.5 Manual.qch.gz'

So program is unable to find and dislpay its help

Fix on installed system is fairly trivial - unzip the files as root:
# gzip -d '/usr/share/doc/openorienteering-mapper/Mapper 0.9.5 Manual.qch.gz'
# gzip -d '/usr/share/doc/openorienteering-mapper/Mapper 0.9.5 Manual.qhc.gz'

.. once done, help works.

Fix on the deb package should be to ship those files not gzipped.

0.9.6 seems to be also affected - the help file is also packaged gzipped.
#1142827#10
Date:
2026-07-26 20:00:19 UTC
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Upstream's DEB packages use

override_dh_compress:
	# Documentation used by Mapper itself must not be compressed
	dh_compress -X.qhc -X.qch -X.txt -X.html

Cf. https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:dg0yt/packages/openorienteering-mapper/files/debian.rules?expand=1
#1142827#15
Date:
2026-07-26 20:00:19 UTC
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Upstream's DEB packages use

override_dh_compress:
	# Documentation used by Mapper itself must not be compressed
	dh_compress -X.qhc -X.qch -X.txt -X.html

Cf. https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:dg0yt/packages/openorienteering-mapper/files/debian.rules?expand=1