From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B61B7175D53; Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:27:50 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758482872; cv=none; b=f3PaXVisAOH2qCpomn3wc1/p5XiOdCy1Gbb1BBFBZlNf1BsWTBqvi+ahVliYpy1GWKDmzhV1k4SjVzl0o1CkVLaLyF3kfvN4v0pOAmiUoyU6lmFdaGFOynbFJdVdh0AeVsZcNFd3ooJGo85j8/eEgov6ck2tfHKiiOHHL7bAMCA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758482872; c=relaxed/simple; bh=9et15zWXEKddFX4/2vN+y8RP9sXgR9Pu1s1DLQyqFoA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dWCeerKrYPjzL/kAIo1FMNTto4C+1JAnUBMo2EK4vWgW2uvQ1d9sYr6jjtwCuOLXN6q9EE51Y3lsVY3/sCX7dgaq7q4yC0HZBYisgkfFL9boh6D2wwys0ba3uasNvREjuxyo5RUn+R9W9jqOdMLa0PCRpX2gE6pvLnnX3TZIzzo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=qbMp0ing; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="qbMp0ing" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 9421740AF9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1758482869; bh=Fbdh/N5NdiPt247VOYhUeQYHOoMRcIbSDzdgEBAWNe4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=qbMp0ingnT+F8mlleUbCrkOmpF9yrkfoTy42832f2hsi+xRp9vgtwfRhvYt86P+Xd 4FXW3FBKJYKDeOE9sD812tIx/wP7rbvG8hM7VcG6wkNPfnLpYUva6y6VlMztbzP1XV Eg3vFID+iBe8L+2OaqVFHQMyYtciR0vLAUqXzVm4f+dn0SYJYo1ae2qpp8x+QFegFS YB9ttoF5pDoiVQw8PADwA0wel8cgbLhxfrFBZM7yp52hpzSIRzrDwYnpjJ96vqPSuU vkuH1GN78oWhJGu2QmIopjXdaVjhOqnvnlJ8rqd1iowdqUo1JUscrtzydJzBwenlDS smvWM/GnDvp1Q== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9421740AF9; Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:27:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Randy Dunlap , Mark Brown , Linux Next Mailing List Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , Mauro Carvalho Chehab Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Sep 19 (make htmldocs problem) In-Reply-To: References: <883df949-0281-4a39-8745-bcdcce3a5594@infradead.org> <87ldm7c382.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:27:48 -0600 Message-ID: <87cy7jbo7f.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Randy Dunlap writes: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Sep 11 01:42 /usr/bin/sphinx-build -> alts* > > $ file /usr/bin/alts > /usr/bin/alts: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 4.3.0, BuildID[sha1]=17681640c9985eb36ae6d9eca0f08159509386c4, stripped That is clearly the problem, when combined with this code in sphinx-build-wrapper: > if self.venv: > cmd = ["python"] > else: > cmd = [sys.executable,] > > cmd += [sphinx_build] Mauro, what is the reason for explicitly interposing the interpreter there rather than just invoking the sphinx-build binary directly? It seems like we could take that out and make this problem go away? Thanks, jon