Bug 92481

Summary:	wxpython-docs-2.6.0.0: error message when launching the help viewer as non-root user
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ivan Todoroski <grnch>
Component:	[OLD] Development	Assignee:	Gentoo wxWidgets project <wxwidgets>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Ivan Todoroski 2005-05-13 03:04:53 UTC

In the viewdocs.py script, there is an unnecessary check whether basePath (/usr/doc/wxpython-docs-2.6.0.0/docs/) is writable, which of course is not the case for non-root users, and this prevents the help viewer from starting.

Simply removing this check fixes this bug, with no adverse effects.


Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-13 03:15:25 UTC

Strange, it should be fixed - Bug 86625, also I see the patch in the ebuild. Could you emerge sync and re-emerge, please?

Comment 2 Rob Cakebread (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-13 09:29:49 UTC

I'm getting the same thing. Just changing the cache dir to /tmp with the patch didn't help. I'll look further.

Comment 3 Rob Cakebread (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-05-13 12:21:52 UTC

A combination of setting the cache dir to /tmp and removing the check for the current directory being writable fixed it, thanks guys. Added to CVS.