[Python-modules-team] Bug#833791: dh_sphinxdoc: Misleading error message “Sphinx documentation not found at […]”

[Ben Finney]

Control: clone 833791 -1
Control: retitle -1 dh_sphinxdoc: Misleading error message “Sphinx documentation not found at […]”

On 08-Aug-2016, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 03:15:49AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Its error message even reports the very directory where it looked,
> > and claims it can't find documentation that evidently exists
> > there.
> 
> I agree the error message is a bit misleading, but this is not what
> you have been complaining about.

Thanks, I am now creating a new bug report for that.

The error message should always say the correct directory name that
was actually inspected.

If the directory does not exist, that should also be a separate error
message.

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Ben Finney <ben at benfinney.id.au>
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