Re: Missing 'sphinx-build' command from python37-sphinx package

[Xavier Delaruelle <xavier.delaruelle@gmail.com>]

Hi Marco.

Thanks a lot for your work on this issue.

Regards,
Xavier

Le dim. 9 août 2020 à 17:22, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> a écrit :

> On 09.08.2020 10:38, Xavier Delaruelle wrote:
> > If command names are versioned it is important to get a consistent way
> > for users to install THE package that provides the 'sphinx-build'
> > command (the one without version reference in the name). Without having
> > to search which specific package provides this command and without
> > having to update this package reference when a new minor version of
> > Python is added.
> >
> > Xavier
> >
>
> Hi Xavier,
>
> next upload will use "alternatives" to provide the simlinks
> so depending which version you install the default version is the
> highest, but you can modify if needed.
>
> $ alternatives --display sphinx-build
> sphinx-build - status is auto.
>   link currently points to /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.8
> /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.6 - priority 36
> /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.7 - priority 37
> /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.8 - priority 38
> Current `best' version is /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.8.
>
>   $ /usr/bin/sphinx-build-3.8
> usage: sphinx-build-3.8 [OPTIONS] SOURCEDIR OUTPUTDIR [FILENAMES...]
> sphinx-build-3.8: error: the following arguments are required:
> sourcedir, outputdir, filenames
>
> $ /usr/bin/sphinx-build
> usage: sphinx-build [OPTIONS] SOURCEDIR OUTPUTDIR [FILENAMES...]
> sphinx-build: error: the following arguments are required: sourcedir,
> outputdir, filenames
>
> Regards
> Marco
>