Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] docs: kdoc: add GNU Make detection

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:23:18 +0800
Chen Miao <chenmiao.ku@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The Sphinx dependency checker and build wrapper need to select a GNU
> Make executable that meets the minimum supported version. Keep the version
> parsing and command selection in a common module so both tools use
> identical behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Miao <chenmiao.ku@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/lib/python/kdoc/gmake_detect.py | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/lib/python/kdoc/gmake_detect.py
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/python/kdoc/gmake_detect.py b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/gmake_detect.py
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..5c0a28bc7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/lib/python/kdoc/gmake_detect.py
> @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +# Copyright (c) 2026 Chen Miao <chenmiao.ku@xxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +"""Detect a supported GNU Make executable."""
> +
> +import re
> +import shutil
> +import subprocess
> +import sys
> +
> +from kdoc.python_version import PythonVersion

Did you test it? since python_version is at the same directory,
I would expect it to be:

	from python_version import PythonVersion

> +
> +
> +MIN_GMAKE_VERSION = PythonVersion("4.0").version
> +
> +
> +def get_gmake_version(cmd):
> +    """Return the GNU Make version for *cmd*, or ``None`` otherwise."""
> +    if not cmd:
> +        return None
> +
> +    kwargs = {}
> +    if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
> +        kwargs["universal_newlines"] = True
> +    else:
> +        kwargs["text"] = True
> +
> +    try:
> +        result = subprocess.run(
> +            [cmd, "--version"],
> +            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
> +            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
> +            check=True,
> +            **kwargs,
> +        )
> +    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
> +        return None
> +
> +    match = re.search(
> +        r"^GNU Make\s+([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)*)", result.stdout, re.MULTILINE
> +    )
> +    if not match:
> +        return None
> +
> +    return PythonVersion.parse_version(match.group(1))
> +
> +
> +def find_gmake(make=None):
> +    """Return the first GNU Make 4.0+ from MAKE, gmake, or make."""
> +    candidates = (
> +        make,
> +        shutil.which("gmake"),
> +        shutil.which("make"),
> +    )
> +
> +    for cmd in candidates:
> +        version = get_gmake_version(cmd)
> +        if version and version >= MIN_GMAKE_VERSION:
> +            return cmd
> +
> +    return None



Thanks,
Mauro