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Re: Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found

From Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found
Date 2016-08-01 11:40 +0200
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On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:05:07 -0700 (PDT)
> Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, I don't have "sphinx-build" installed (nor do I want to build 
>> documentation), running "make SPHINXBUILD=/bin/true help" makes the 
>> warning go away. Is there a way to omit the warning when 
>> running "make help"? E.g. by not including Documentation/Makefile.sphinx 
>> for that target?
>
> That seems like a reasonable request, we'll make it happen.

I think we should still display the help (without warnings!) even if the
tool is not available. Patch follows.

BR,
Jani.


-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> - 2016-07-29 00:20 +0200
  Re: Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-07-29 15:50 +0200
    Re: Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-08-01 11:40 +0200
      [PATCH] Documentation/sphinx: do not warn about missing tools in 'make help' Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> - 2016-08-01 11:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] Documentation/sphinx: do not warn about missing tools  in 'make help' Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> - 2016-08-04 00:10 +0200

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