Re: [PATCH] docs: Fix Sphinx 8 warning caused by paths represented with strings

[Jonathan Corbet]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On 9/24/23 11:40, Claudio Cambra wrote:
>> Running "make htmldocs" generates several lines of this warning:
>> 
>> Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py:141: RemovedInSphinx80Warning: Sphinx 8 will drop support for representing paths as strings. Use "pathlib.Path" or "os.fspath" instead.
>>   doc = (env.srcdir + "/" + env.docname + ":" + str(self.lineno))
>> 
>> Making "doc" an fspath type and creating a new variable with the
>> appended colon and lineno fixes this warning.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Claudio Cambra <developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
>> index 9395892c7ba3..e2c835e10dba 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
>> +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
>> @@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
>>                      lineoffset = int(match.group(1)) - 1
>>                      # we must eat our comments since the upset the markup
>>                  else:
>> -                    doc = env.srcdir + "/" + env.docname + ":" + str(self.lineno)
>> +                    doc = os.path.join(env.srcdir, env.docname)
>> +                    doc_with_line = (doc + ":" + str(self.lineno))
>>                      result.append(line, doc + ": " + filename, lineoffset)
>>                      lineoffset += 1
>>  
>
> This patch should be sent to the linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list,
> with the Documentation maintainer copied on the patch.
>
> We also have this similar patch to consider:
>   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20230910040811.53046-1-erer1243@xxxxxxxxx/

I have, in fact, applied that other patch.

Thanks,

jon