Because sphinx-build does not provide a convenient way of listing which builders exist, and some people actually have pre 1.0 sphinx, we try loading a relevant python module. Currently the assumption is that no python in path -> no sphinx-build in path. --- configure | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/configure b/configure index 2eaed4a..10356e7 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -393,6 +393,27 @@ else have_emacs=0 fi +printf "Checking if sphinx is available and supports nroff output... " +if hash sphinx-build > /dev/null 2>&1 && python -m sphinx.writers.manpage > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then + printf "Yes.\n" + have_sphinx=1 + have_rst2man=0 +else + printf "No (falling back to rst2man).\n" + have_sphinx=0 + + printf "Checking if rst2man is available... " + if rst2man -V > /dev/null 2>&1; then + printf "Yes.\n" + have_rst2man=1 + else + printf "No (so will not install man pages).\n" + have_rst2man=0 + fi +fi + + + libdir_in_ldconfig=0 printf "Checking which platform we are on... " @@ -759,6 +780,12 @@ emacsetcdir=${EMACSETCDIR} # Whether there's an emacs binary available for byte-compiling HAVE_EMACS = ${have_emacs} +# Whether there's a sphinx-build binary available for building documentation +HAVE_SPHINX=${have_sphinx} + +# Whether there's a rst2man binary available and used for building documentation +HAVE_RST2MAN=${have_rst2man} + # The directory to which desktop files should be installed desktop_dir = \$(prefix)/share/applications -- 1.8.5.3