Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:55:06 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Documentation/sphinx: Fix Directive import error |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:50:55 +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 12:49:03PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > I'm no expert of sphinx nor python, so something might be wrong. > > Please check it. > > I'm also not a pythonista, but ... > > > --- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > > +++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py > > @@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ import glob > > from docutils import nodes, statemachine > > from docutils.statemachine import ViewList > > from docutils.parsers.rst import directives > > -from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > > +try: > > + from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > > +except ImportError: > > + from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, Directive > > It seems to me the previous line already imported > docutils.parsers.rst.directives, and we should probably prefer the newer > parser even with Sphinx 1.6, so I would think this would work better: > > -from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > +try: > + from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive > +except ImportError: > + from sphinx.util.compat import Directive > > (it works on Debian with Sphinx 1.6.7)
Makes more sense, yes.
Jon, would you like me resending the patch? Or it's trivial enough as you can fix in place.
thanks,
Takashi
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