Bug#963636: linux: FTBFS with Sphinx 3.1: Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py))

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#963636: linux: FTBFS with Sphinx 3.1: Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py))
Date	2020-08-23 16:40 +0200
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On Wed, 2020-06-24 at 22:51 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> Source: linux
> Version: 5.6.14-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: ftbfs
> User: python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: sphinx3.1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> linux fails to build with Sphinx 3.1, currently available in
> experimental.
[...]

This is fixed for now by disabling the cdomain extension, but we will
need someone to update/rewrite it for Sphinx 3.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Beware of bugs in the above code;
I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth

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Bug#963636: linux: FTBFS with Sphinx 3.1: Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py)) Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2020-06-24 23:00 +0200
  Bug#963636: linux: FTBFS with Sphinx 3.1: Could not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name 'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py)) Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-08-23 16:40 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#963636: linux: FTBFS with Sphinx 3.1: Could  not import extension cdomain (exception: cannot import name  'c_funcptr_sig_re' from 'sphinx.domains.c' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/domains/c.py)) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-08-23 16:40 +0200

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