From: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:34:42 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87oa5cvnm5.fsf@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160729074826.27adb9fd@lwn.net>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-01 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-28 22:05 Makefile.sphinx:17: The 'sphinx-build' command was not found Christian Kujau
2016-07-29 13:48 ` Jonathan Corbet
2016-08-01 9:34 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2016-08-01 9:37 ` [PATCH] Documentation/sphinx: do not warn about missing tools in 'make help' Jani Nikula
2016-08-03 21:42 ` Jonathan Corbet
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