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RE:building manpages via setup.py

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> Simplest I can think of would be to build the extensions inplace
> followed by the call to build_man. Something like:

> override_dh_auto_build:
>         dh_auto_build
>         python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
>         python3 setup.py build_man

I do not want to build once more the ext (it takes a lot's of time on my computer and it is a wast of ressources).
I just want to run {interpreter} setup.py build_man <options>

where

<options> are provided by pybuild

> I left the http_proxy exports and nodoc guards out for clarity.

thanks ;)

>  Second questions what is the right way to generate the man pages for a python application ?

> Usually via Sphinx if the upstream documentation uses it. Regardless of
> the stack, `help2man` is often considered the poor man choice for
> generating manpages.

Thanks, I know this but I need more time to convince the upstream to find a better solution :)

> Let me know if you'd like me to have a look :-)

thanks a lot

Fred

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building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-01 16:50 +0200
  Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-01 17:00 +0200
    RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-01 17:50 +0200
  Re: building manpages via setup.py Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2017-08-01 17:40 +0200
    RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 09:20 +0200
      Re: building manpages via setup.py Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2017-08-02 09:30 +0200
        Re: building manpages via setup.py Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> - 2017-08-02 09:50 +0200
          Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 09:50 +0200
            Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 10:20 +0200
              RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 10:40 +0200
                Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 10:40 +0200
                RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 11:20 +0200
                Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 11:30 +0200
                RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 12:10 +0200
                Re: building manpages via setup.py Ghislain Vaillant <ghisvail@gmail.com> - 2017-08-02 12:50 +0200
                RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 14:30 +0200
            RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 10:30 +0200
        RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-02 09:50 +0200
        RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-03 12:20 +0200
          RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-03 15:50 +0200
            RE:building manpages via setup.py PICCA Frederic-Emmanuel <frederic-emmanuel.picca@synchrotron-soleil.fr> - 2017-08-03 16:20 +0200

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