[issue12696] pydoc error page due to lacking permissions on ./*

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

Do any of you three have anything to do with pydoc?

Given that the manual simply says "pydoc -b will start the server and additionally open a web browser to a module index page." without qualifications, quitting when started from certain locations strikes me as a bug.  I do not see a reason to not just continue.

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nosy: +eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, terry.reedy
stage:  -> test needed
type: feature request -> behavior
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.3

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