[PATCH] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: include localversion in kernel version string

[PATCH] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: include localversion in kernel version string

[Randy Dunlap]

Add any localversion* text to the kernel version string
so that the docs index (home) page accurately indicates what
the docs build version is.

E.g.:
  7.2.0-rc6-next-20260807

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
---
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org

 tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- linux-next-20260807.orig/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
+++ linux-next-20260807/tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@ class SphinxBuilder:
         self.pdflatex = os.environ.get("PDFLATEX", "xelatex")
 
         #
+        # Add localversion* to kernelversion if present
+        #
+        for file in glob(os.environ["srctree"] + "/localversion*"):
+            if not file.endswith(".orig"):
+                with open(file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+                    text = f.read()
+                    self.kernelversion += text
+
+        #
         # Kernel main Makefile defines a PYTHON3 variable whose default is
         # "python3". When set to a different value, it allows running a
         # diferent version than the default official python3 package.

Re: [PATCH] docs: sphinx-build-wrapper: include localversion in kernel version string

[Jonathan Corbet]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:

> Add any localversion* text to the kernel version string
> so that the docs index (home) page accurately indicates what
> the docs build version is.
>
> E.g.:
>   7.2.0-rc6-next-20260807
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
> Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
>
>  tools/docs/sphinx-build-wrapper |    9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

jon