On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jani, > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> When running "make htmldocs O=/path/to/somewhere", *.pyc files end up >>> in the source tree instead of in the build tree: >>> >>> $ git ls-files -o >>> Documentation/sphinx/kernel-doc.pyc >>> Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.pyc >>> Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.pyc >>> $ >>> >>> This is with v4.8-rc5. >>> >>> With next-20160907, two more files appear: >>> >>> Documentation/sphinx/cdomain.pyc >>> Documentation/sphinx/load_config.pyc >> >> This should help >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx b/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx >> index 92deea30b183..a4cba2d1aaf1 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx >> +++ b/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx >> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ loop_cmd = $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)) >> >> quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4); >> cmd_sphinx = $(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/media all;\ >> + PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \ >> BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \ >> $(SPHINXBUILD) \ >> -b $2 \ > > Thanks, that works (on next-20160907, doesn't apply to v4.8-rc5). > But IMHO it's a bit drastic. There's no way to let python create them in the > build directory instead? I'm no expert, but the short answer appears to be no [1]. You'd have to copy the .py files over to the build directory, which is a bit meh. BR, Jani. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3522079/changing-the-directory-where-pyc-files-are-created > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html