Package: python2.4
Version: 2.4.4-2
Severity: normal
trying to get help on the encodings module result in a exception.
here is a sample session
Python 2.4.4 (#2, Jan 13 2007, 17:50:26)
[GCC 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import encodings
>>> help(encodings)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site.py", line 339, in __call__
return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 1656, in __call__
self.help(request)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 1700, in help
else: doc(request, 'Help on %s:')
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 1483, in doc
pager(title % desc + '\n\n' + text.document(object, name))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 303, in document
if inspect.ismodule(object): return self.docmodule(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 1083, in docmodule
contents.append(self.document(value, key, name))
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 305, in document
if inspect.isroutine(object): return self.docroutine(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 1262, in docroutine
doc = getdoc(object) or ''
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/pydoc.py", line 75, in getdoc
result = inspect.getdoc(object) or inspect.getcomments(object)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/inspect.py", line 448, in getcomments
lines, lnum = findsource(object)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/inspect.py", line 437, in findsource
if pat.match(lines[lnum]): break
IndexError: list index out of range
it seems that at this point, linecache.getlines("encodings/__init__.py") gives
the lines from the file
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cairo/__init__.py while the lnum variable is
correct.
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Versions of packages python2.4 depends on:
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ii libreadline5 5.2-2 GNU readline and history libraries
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