[PATCH v2 2/6] docs-rst: move Sphinx install instructions to sphinx.rst

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Date: Fri Jul 14 2017 - 12:41:52 EST


The toolchain used by Sphinx is somewhat complex, and installing
it should be part of the doc-guide.

Move it out of changes.rst.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
Documentation/process/changes.rst | 14 ++------------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
index 84e8e8a9cbdb..1ee109b19322 100644
--- a/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ Finally, there are thousands of plain text documentation files scattered around
``Documentation``. Some of these will likely be converted to reStructuredText
over time, but the bulk of them will remain in plain text.

+.. _sphinx_install:
+
+Sphinx Install
+==============
+
+The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be
+built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or upper. If you're desiring to build
+PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or upper.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Please notice that, for PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX``
+ version 3.14159265. Depending on the distribution, you may also need to
+ install a series of ``texlive`` packages that provide the minimal set of
+ functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work. For PDF output you'll also
+ need ``convert(1)`` from ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org).
+
Sphinx Build
============

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index ceddf1d1e646..560beaef5a7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -309,18 +309,8 @@ Kernel documentation
Sphinx
------

-The ReST markups currently used by the Documentation/ files are meant to be
-built with ``Sphinx`` version 1.3 or upper. If you're desiring to build
-PDF outputs, it is recommended to use version 1.4.6 or upper.
-
-.. note::
-
- Please notice that, for PDF and LaTeX output, you'll also need ``XeLaTeX``
- version 3.14159265. Depending on the distribution, you may also need to
- install a series of ``texlive`` packages that provide the minimal set of
- functionalities required for ``XeLaTex`` to work. For PDF output you'll also
- need ``convert(1)`` from ImageMagick (https://www.imagemagick.org).
-
+Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in ``Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst``
+for details about Sphinx requirements.

Getting updated software
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2.13.0