[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

2011-10-06 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: This problem has been fixed with the changes for Issue7367 and, for 2.7, Issue7425. They should appear in 3.3.0, 3.2.3, and 2.7.3. -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: test needed -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> pkgutil.walk_pac

[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

2011-08-05 Thread Ned Deily
Ned Deily added the comment: This is essentially a duplicate of Issue11914. The root cause is that pkgutil.iter_modules doesn't deal with permission errors when traversing paths. Issue7367 is also related. -- assignee: -> ned.deily nosy: +ned.deily

[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

2011-08-05 Thread Martin von Gagern
Martin von Gagern added the comment: The server continues all right. It's the browser window which displays the error message. Not much better in my opinion, though. To be completely accurate: currently the -b option doens't work as it should due to issue #11432. But using "-p 0" and opening

[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

2011-08-05 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Do any of you three have anything to do with pydoc? Given that the manual simply says "pydoc -b will start the server and additionally open a web browser to a module index page." without qualifications, quitting when started from certain locations strikes me

[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

2011-08-05 Thread Martin von Gagern
New submission from Martin von Gagern : I'd like to be able to run "pydoc -b" in whatever directory I'm currently in. Most of the time that would be the root of my home directory, which is an ext4fs mount. So it has a subdirectory called "lost+found" for which I don't have any access permissio