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Title: Manual for python 3.9.6 will not let me search
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Windows Versions: Python 3.9
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Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: Dennis Sweeney, distroJack, matthman2019, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2021-07-26 22:09 by matthman2019, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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msg398261 - (view) Author: Matthew Zielinski (matthman2019) Date: 2021-07-26 22:09
The Manual for python 3.9.6 always says there are no entries. I searched things it definitely had, like modules, but it said there were no topics found.
msg398272 - (view) Author: Dennis Sweeney (Dennis Sweeney) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-07-27 00:27
I replicated the issue: downloading the "Windows Help File" (python396.chm) from the release page https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-396/ , opening it, and entering a search term (e.g., "tuple") into the search tab resulted in a message box pop-up with the message "No topics found."

Doing the same with the corresponding file on prior release pages, (e.g. https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-395/ ) produced in a list of search results, and no such pop-up message.

I'm running Windows 10.0.19042 Build 19042.
msg398518 - (view) Author: Jack Humphries (distroJack) Date: 2021-07-29 21:15
This may be a build system problem.

Building the v3.9.6 tag locally on Windows 10.0.19043 produces a help file that can properly search.

On top of that locally built python396.chm file output is 3MB larger (around the same size as the 3.9.5 help file).
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:47adminsetgithub: 88908
2021-07-29 21:15:56distroJacksetnosy: + distroJack
messages: + msg398518
2021-07-27 00:27:27Dennis Sweeneysetnosy: + paul.moore, tim.golden, Dennis Sweeney, zach.ware, steve.dower
messages: + msg398272

components: + Windows, - Library (Lib)
type: resource usage -> behavior
2021-07-26 22:09:14matthman2019create