Check for parent/mod as well as parent.mod in findext. Debian/Ubuntu ship a system-wide hgrc that loads extensions using the syntax hgext/extension=, rather than hgext.extension=. Although the extensions work correctly, hg help <extension> doesn't understand this form without this patch.

#!/bin/sh

hg
hg -q
hg help
hg -q help
hg add -h
hg add --skjdfks
hg help diff
hg help status
hg -q help status
hg help foo
hg skjdfks

exit 0