> Am 14.08.2017 um 09:45 schrieb Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2017, Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> see "Sphinx Install" Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst (ATM in Jon's docs-next) >> >> The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be >> built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or upper. If you're desiring to build >> PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or upper. >> >> Sorry for the mess in the past. Mauro has now cleared this up for us / >> thanks Mauro > > If you require a specific Sphinx version or higher, the thing to do is > specify needs_sphinx in conf.py so that Sphinx gives you a proper error > message: > > """ > Sphinx version error: > This project needs at least Sphinx v1.3 and therefore cannot be built with this version. > """ > > It's a bit clunky, but you could even specify -Dneeds_sphinx=1.4 from > the Makefile for the PDF build, to have different requirements for > different builders. AFAICT you can't get at the builder directly from > conf.py. Thank a lot for the hint. I will prepare a patch. -- Markus -- -- 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
