Inaccessible offline GIMP documentation

[Gergely Máté]

Binary package hint: gimp

On Hardy, I installed the gimp-help package, and GIMP automatically knew to show up the offline docs on clicking "Help". However, when upgrading to Intrepid Ibex, the GIMP also upgraded to 2.6 - but the gimp-help package is still about 2.4. It would be not a problem, thus, because the docs always lags behind the new features, and are still quite useful. But: in the new GIMP 2.6 if I click Help, and ask for the manual, I am redirected for the online version.

The offline docs does not show up anymore - even when the gimp-help package is installed.

[Matt Neilson (ichthyoboy)]

I can confirm this on my system as well.

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

I can also confirm this, and since not much info is needed other than has already been provided, I will mark this bug as Triaged so a developer and/or repository maintainer can handle this. Thank you for reporting it.

connor@lappy686-mk2:~$ apt-cache policy gimp
gimp:
  Installed: 2.6.1-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.6.1-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.1-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
connor@lappy686-mk2:~$ apt-cache policy gimp-help-en
gimp-help-en:
  Installed: 2.4.1-1
  Candidate: 2.4.1-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.4.1-1 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

gimp-help issue.

[David Grossberg (davidgro)]

Still an issue in Jaunty and judging by package versions, Karmic.

[Kip Warner (kip)]

I confirm this under Maverick (amd64) with GIMP 2.6.11.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

This has been fixed in GIMP 2.8.