[PATCH v2] docs: scripts: sphinx-pre-install: Fix building docs with pyyaml package

From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Thu Feb 08 2024 - 08:20:49 EST


The Python module pyyaml is required to build the docs, but it is only
listed in Documentation/sphinx/requirements.txt and is therefore missing
when Sphinx is installed as a package and not via pip/pypi.

Add pyyaml as an optional package for Debian- and Red Hat-based distros to
fix building the docs if you prefer to install Sphinx as a package.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- s/pyyaml/yaml/ as suggested by Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Make the check require the Python module; was optional
---
scripts/sphinx-pre-install | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
index 25aefbb35377..7e49a020c25e 100755
--- a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
+++ b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ sub give_debian_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
+ "yaml" => "python3-yaml",
"ensurepip" => "python3-venv",
"virtualenv" => "virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ sub give_redhat_hints()
{
my %map = (
"python-sphinx" => "python3-sphinx",
+ "yaml" => "python3-pyyaml",
"virtualenv" => "python3-virtualenv",
"dot" => "graphviz",
"convert" => "ImageMagick",
@@ -951,6 +953,7 @@ sub check_needs()

# Check for needed programs/tools
check_perl_module("Pod::Usage", 0);
+ check_python_module("yaml", 0);
check_program("make", 0);
check_program("gcc", 0);
check_program("dot", 1);
--
2.39.2