The files included by kernel-include should be added as build dependencies, in order for sphinx-build to rebuild the corresponding docs if any changes at the included file happens. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> --- To avoid mailbombing on a large number of people, only mailing lists were C/C on the cover. See [PATCH v2 0/4] at: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1648216561.git.mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx/ Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py index f523aa68a36b..abe768088377 100755 --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.py @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class KernelInclude(Include): u"""KernelInclude (``kernel-include``) directive""" def run(self): + env = self.state.document.settings.env path = os.path.realpath( os.path.expandvars(self.arguments[0])) @@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ class KernelInclude(Include): self.arguments[0] = path + env.note_dependency(os.path.abspath(path)) + #return super(KernelInclude, self).run() # won't work, see HINTs in _run() return self._run() -- 2.35.1