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2025-09-18tools/docs: sphinx-* break documentation bulds on openSUSEMauro Carvalho Chehab
Before this patch, building htmldocs on opensuseLEAP works fine: # make htmldocs Available Python versions: /usr/bin/python3.11 Python 3.6.15 not supported. Changing to /usr/bin/python3.11 Python 3.6.15 not supported. Changing to /usr/bin/python3.11 Using alabaster theme Using Python kernel-doc ... As the logic detects that Python 3.6 is too old and recommends intalling python311-Sphinx. If installed, documentation builds work like a charm. Yet, some develpers complained that running python3.11 instead of python3 should not happen. So, let's break the build to make them happier: $ make htmldocs Python 3.6.15 not supported. Bailing out You could run, instead: /usr/bin/python3.11 tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper htmldocs \ --sphinxdirs=. --conf=conf.py --builddir=Documentation/output --theme= --css= \ --paper= Python 3.6.15 not supported. Bailing out make[2]: *** [Documentation/Makefile:76: htmldocs] Error 1 make[1]: *** [Makefile:1806: htmldocs] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 It should be noticed that: 1. after this change, sphinx-pre-install needs to be called by hand: $ /usr/bin/python3.11 tools/docs/sphinx-pre-install Detected OS: openSUSE Leap 15.6. Sphinx version: 7.2.6 All optional dependencies are met. Needed package dependencies are met. 2. sphinx-build-wrapper will auto-detect python3.11 and suggest a way to build the docs using the parameters passed via make variables. In this specific example: /usr/bin/python3.11 tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper htmldocs --sphinxdirs=. --conf=conf.py --theme= --css= --paper= 3. As this needs to be executed outside docs Makefile, it won't run the validation check scripts nor build Rust documentation if enabled, as the extra scripts are part of the docs Makefile. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Message-ID: <0635c311295300e9fb48c0ea607e2408910036e3.1758196090.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2025-09-18tools/docs: python_version: move version check from sphinx-pre-installMauro Carvalho Chehab
The sphinx-pre-install code has some logic to deal with Python version, which ensures that a minimal version will be enforced for documentation build logic. Move it to a separate library to allow re-using its code. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Message-ID: <d134ace64b55c827565ce68f0527e20c735f0d2e.1758196090.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>