Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qemu-ga: Convert invocation documentation to rST

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 10/06/19 15:45, Peter Maydell wrote:
> +# Canned command to build manpages from a single manual
> +build-manpages = $(call quiet-command,CONFDIR="$(qemu_confdir)" sphinx-build $(if $(V),,-q) -W -n -b man -D version=$(VERSION) -D release="$(FULL_VERSION)" -d .doctrees/$1 $(SRC_PATH)/docs/$1 $(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1 ,"SPHINX","$(MANUAL_BUILDDIR)/$1")


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> +# The rst_epilog fragment is effectively included in every rST file.
> +# We use it to define substitutions based on build config that
> +# can then be used in the documentation. The fallback if the
> +# environment variable is not set is for the benefit of readthedocs
> +# style document building; our Makefile always sets the variable.
> +confdir = os.getenv('CONFDIR', "/usr/local/etc")

This should be /usr/local/etc/qemu is you want $(qemu_confdir) above and
not $(sysconfdir).

But since we always set the variable when building from the QEMU build
system, perhaps "/etc" or "/etc/qemu" is a more useful default when
building the manual outside QEMU?

Paolo

> +rst_epilog = ".. |CONFDIR| replace:: ``" + confdir + "``\n"
> +