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 439311F4E59; Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:44:49 +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=1758487493; cv=none; b=CP7ptH21II+EGBddRCkwIOzSWw0G9MRZlhlpbBDG4iBJD7vdHV4Ui1TOMKl4NADYTJqrR638RWcgUwbvAh5mwOQMHAhdP8G38BYGIA0rWPGaEBLzsbpT6WyqZmbDlItgJWOOFrXRRktVVsJPfRFksxkos4EoQb556dJwr+d7Md8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1758487493; c=relaxed/simple; bh=9xMQ6NZUBtkSno5xqtdhLkhoLr6yQ14qZx2eqQyBnew=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=rX+qIFASSaYwhe7LJeenhiRSXDQo1PgT2Ib6nCMbjaEKi6IuKQsdo4jOLS17IToWWtuRdchsxTNqMGaQ0H6SN7iTzdPa+Rypzdnn089aQ0dSkDDF/zkjTEB0uE1yLegPm2F6m3iDv3HJAro4NBjlrX2A7pmGQJoemzIPTA379S4= 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=m4wFbpIL; 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="m4wFbpIL" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 20FEC40AF9 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1758487489; bh=haKXjPpJgA2Kzqrall/2z1gG8X8fBuitmPm4TabUhvs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=m4wFbpILQ3fEGIXylt+ykj/CdSjHQvmYcK7LQuiWibHsOrAz1sVMynQVSokxqWx67 eV4GGrDceUm1P/ctTGPWQVBsFqaHOZi8ZexKZCEwjflx4eC1LMEqH3smYxT9DASP7U 43THc58kKMIXk+uP+b9MB+1ZVvxZ+VShETK0rD+/zzqwg6DmIuLWBfPKL6V26M3Ur9 sbwO5eB53el9tfAMRFK6Fz9Kg4VDMaU+vWyjmXDqYJEw0U+Zbn2+L3UgUOfyaKNb+V mlFl66byfjvb71+tj2yDYmC/Mmw13h6WQE5GD8fMuS+sjWbeW2cPCm3+dAcaGSRvSC YqydoWXqmGXmg== 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 20FEC40AF9; Sun, 21 Sep 2025 20:44:49 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Randy Dunlap , Mark Brown , Linux Next Mailing List , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "open list:DOCUMENTATION" , Mauro Carvalho Chehab Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Sep 19 (make htmldocs problem) In-Reply-To: <20250921223250.7af92f98@foz.lan> References: <883df949-0281-4a39-8745-bcdcce3a5594@infradead.org> <87ldm7c382.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <87cy7jbo7f.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> <20250921223250.7af92f98@foz.lan> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:44:48 -0600 Message-ID: <87qzvza62n.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 Mauro Carvalho Chehab writes: > do you know what is this "alts" file? Is it a custom script or > binary? It's the alternatives mechanism that openSUSE uses. I have no idea why they felt the need to employ it for Sphinx, but they did, so we need to work with that kind of configuration. Meaning, really, I think we have to just invoke sphinx-build directly rather than trying to control which version of Python it may ultimately get. jon