Sphinx builds always write to the source directory

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Sphinx builds always write to the source directory
Date	2017-01-31 00:00 +0100
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I'm having trouble with the Debian packaging of kernel documentation. 
We try to build everything in a separate output directory (underneath
debian/build), but the new Sphinx-based build system writes to the
source directory.

Firstly, Python creates bytecode files alongside the module sources. 
This could be avoided by setting environment variable
PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1, at the expense of requiring recompilation
more often.

Secondly, starting with 4.10, Documentation/media/Makefile converts
from dot to SVG and from SVG to PDF in the source directory.  It seems
like it should be possible to put the converted files in the output
directory, but I don't know how to tell Sphinx to find them there.

Are these issues likely to be fixed?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Q.  Which is the greater problem in the world today, ignorance or
apathy?
A.  I don't know and I couldn't care less.

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Sphinx builds always write to the source directory Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-01-31 00:00 +0100
  Re: Sphinx builds always write to the source directory Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> - 2017-01-31 09:10 +0100
    Re: Sphinx builds always write to the source directory Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2017-01-31 18:30 +0100
      [PATCH RESEND] Documentation/sphinx: prevent generation of .pyc files in the source tree Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2017-01-31 19:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH RESEND] Documentation/sphinx: prevent generation of .pyc  files in the source tree Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2017-02-01 21:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH RESEND] Documentation/sphinx: prevent generation of .pyc files in the source tree Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2017-02-03 16:00 +0100

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