Re: pyc files in source dir with O=

[Jani Nikula]

On Sun, 18 Sep 2016, Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 07.09.2016 um 15:28 schrieb Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> On Wed, 07 Sep 2016, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> When running "make htmldocs O=/path/to/somewhere", *.pyc files end up
>>> in the source tree instead of in the build tree:
>>> 
>>>    $ git ls-files -o
>>>    Documentation/sphinx/kernel-doc.pyc
>>>    Documentation/sphinx/kernel_include.pyc
>>>    Documentation/sphinx/rstFlatTable.pyc
>>>    $
>>> 
>>> This is with v4.8-rc5.
>>> 
>>> With next-20160907, two more files appear:
>>> 
>>>    Documentation/sphinx/cdomain.pyc
>>>    Documentation/sphinx/load_config.pyc
>> 
>> This should help
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx b/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx
>> index 92deea30b183..a4cba2d1aaf1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx
>> +++ b/Documentation/Makefile.sphinx
>> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ loop_cmd = $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1))
>> 
>> quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX  $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4);
>>       cmd_sphinx = $(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/media all;\
>> +	PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
>> 	BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \
>> 	$(SPHINXBUILD) \
>> 	-b $2 \
>> 
>> 
>> Side note, I'm really sad the Sphinx build has grown so ugly and
>> complicated now. :(
>
> Hi Jani, I feel guilty about this ... 
>
> the "sub-folder" build functionality brought some complexity to
> the cmd_sphinx. In the hope, that it helps a bit, I added a small
> comment on top ...

No amount of documentation will bring back the ability to build the
documentation with pure Sphinx.

BR,
Jani.


>
> # $2 sphinx builder e.g. "html"
> # $3 name of the build subfolder / e.g. "media", used as:
> #    * dest folder relative to $(BUILDDIR) and
> #    * cache folder relative to $(BUILDDIR)/.doctrees
> # $4 dest subfolder e.g. "man" for man pages at media/man
> # $5 reST source folder relative to $(srctree)/$(src),
> #    e.g. "media" for the linux-tv book-set at ./Documentation/media
>
> quiet_cmd_sphinx = SPHINX  $@ --> file://$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4);
>       cmd_sphinx = $(MAKE) BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) $(build)=Documentation/media all;\
> 	BUILDDIR=$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)) SPHINX_CONF=$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5/$(SPHINX_CONF)) \
> 	$(SPHINXBUILD) \
> 	-b $2 \
> 	-c $(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)) \
> 	-d $(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/.doctrees/$3) \
> 	-D version=$(KERNELVERSION) -D release=$(KERNELRELEASE) \
> 	$(ALLSPHINXOPTS) \
> 	$(abspath $(srctree)/$(src)/$5) \
> 	$(abspath $(BUILDDIR)/$3/$4);
>
> But you are right, it is very compact / complicated.
>
> --Markus--
>
>> 
>> BR,
>> Jani.
>> 
>> 
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>> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center