linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] Add a script to check for Sphinx install requirements

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Message-ID: <20170723200144.2452c482@vento.lan>
Date:   Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:01:44 -0300
From:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] Add a script to check for Sphinx install
 requirements

Em Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:08:29 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> escreveu:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:46:34 -0300
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...pensource.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sphinx installation is not trivial, as not all versions are supported,
> > and it requires a lot of stuff for math, images and PDF/LaTeX output
> > to work.
> > 
> > So, add a script that checks if everything is fine, providing
> > distro-specific hints about what's needed for it to work.  
> 
> I've applied these (including the Mageia one), thanks.
> 
> It occurs to me that adding CentOS would be easy, just treat it like an
> RHEL system.  Maybe I'll give that a shot in a bit.

Heh, I sent a patch for it today :-)

There's a problem with CentOS/RHEL: it doesn't have texlive tabulary.
Without that, PDF won't work.

So, CentOS basic support is easy; PDF would require some manual
install (or some advanced way to do the right thing).

Thanks,
Mauro