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DH_SPHINXDOC(1) Debhelper DH_SPHINXDOC(1)

NAME

dh_sphinxdoc - helps with packaging Sphinx-generated documentation

SYNOPSIS

dh_sphinxdoc [debhelper options] [-Xitem] [directory...]

DESCRIPTION

dh_sphinxdoc is a debhelper program that prepares Sphinx-generated documentation for inclusion in a Debian package. More specifically:
  • It checks if all the files referenced by searchindex.js exist.
  • It replaces known *.js files with symlinks to /usr/share/javascript/sphinxdoc/ and generates ${sphinxdoc:Depends} substitution variable.
  • If the Sphinx RTD theme is used, it replaces known files from this theme with symlinks to /usr/share/sphinx_rtd_theme/, and adds sphinx-rtd-theme-common to ${sphinxdoc:Depends}.
  • It provides a ${sphinxdoc:Built-Using} substitution variable, for tracking files which could not be symlinked. Examples of such files are *.js and *.css files that are generated from corresponding *.js_t and *.css_t templates, and can vary depending on the used theme options (for instance, basic.css file is generated from basic.css_t and is included in almost every Sphinx-generated documentation). Currently, this variable will contain sphinx and, if the default theme is used, alabaster, with their versions (other themes are not supported).
  • It removes the .doctrees directory.
  • It removes the .buildinfo file.
  • It removes the websupport.js file.

OPTIONS

directory
By default, dh_sphinxdoc scans your package looking for directories looking like they contain Sphinx-generated documentation. However, if you explicitly provide one or more directories, only they will be processed. If documentation is not found at directory, an error is raised.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being symlinked, removed or checked for existence.

BUGS

Symlinking translations.js and non-English searchtools.js is not supported.

SEE ALSO

debhelper(7), dh(1).

This program is meant to be used together with debhelper.

AUTHOR

Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
2016-12-11