FS#3095 - grip needs yelp to show its help files

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Saturday, 20 August 2005, 05:08 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Sunday, 21 August 2005, 00:28 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 0%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

grip needs yelp to display its help "files" (i.e. when the buttons on the Help tab are clicked). Thus, yelp should be added as a dependency or, at least, there should be a .install file to echo that you need yelp to access the help.
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Closed by  Tobias Kieslich (tobias)
Monday, 22 August 2005, 14:05 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  added a post_install() note
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Saturday, 20 August 2005, 18:33 GMT
What if you never need any help? Every application should have this dependency for the help function. If you call the help function of an application and it says it can't launch yelp, isn't the message clear then? ;)
Comment by Eric Belanger (Snowman) - Saturday, 20 August 2005, 20:58 GMT
Well, the problem is that grip does't display any error message. I first thought that it was because it was looking for files in /usr/share/doc. On a closer look, I realized that the help files were installed in /opt/gnome/share/gnome/help/ so I guessed that it might need yelp to display them.

I agree on your point that not everyone needs help. That's why I suggested a .install file. Of course, apps that display an "yelp not found" message don't need this .install file.

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