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

From: Jani Nikula
Date: Mon Aug 01 2016 - 05:35:31 EST


On Fri, 29 Jul 2016, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:05:07 -0700 (PDT)
> Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center