On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 12:49:03PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > I'm no expert of sphinx nor python, so something might be wrong. > Please check it. I'm also not a pythonista, but ... > --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > @@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ import glob > from docutils import nodes, statemachine > from docutils.statemachine import ViewList > from docutils.parsers.rst import directives > -from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > +try: > + from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > +except ImportError: > + from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive It seems to me the previous line already imported docutils.parsers.rst.directives, and we should probably prefer the newer parser even with Sphinx 1.6, so I would think this would work better: -from sphinx.util.compat import Directive +try: + from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive +except ImportError: + from sphinx.util.compat import Directive (it works on Debian with Sphinx 1.6.7) -- 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