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Description of problem:
Python cannot find HTML documentation.
There are two ways to solve the probelm:

  * python-docs can install python-docs.sh and python-docs.csh in
/etc/profile.d to set PYTHONDOCS variable.  The downside of this is
that it;s run by every shell, while an export at the login time is
enough.  If don't export, then non-interactive python sessions don't
see the documentation.

  * Fix the default path that is looked in by python at compile time
if such a path exists.  After strace'ing, seems like it looks in
/usr/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/lib!

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.3.3-6

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
[behdad@home behdad]$ rpm -q python
python-2.3.3-6
[behdad@home behdad]$ rpm -q python-docs
python-docs-2.3.3-6
[behdad@home behdad]$ python
Python 2.3.3 (#1, May  7 2004, 10:31:40)
[GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> help("for")
 
Sorry, topic and keyword documentation is not available because the Python
HTML documentation files could not be found.  If you have installed them,
please set the environment variable PYTHONDOCS to indicate their location.
 
>>>
[behdad@home behdad]$ export
PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-docs-2.3.3/html
[behdad@home behdad]$ python
Python 2.3.3 (#1, May  7 2004, 10:31:40)
[GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> help("for")
(manual shows up) 
Related help topics: break, continue, while
 
>>>
[behdad@home behdad]$



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