[dpdk-dev] [PATCH DPDK-KMODS] doc: allow external build

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 20-Nov-20 4:41 PM, Anatoly Burakov wrote:
> Currently, when building sphinx documentation, the build will only
> succeed if being run from the build system, because the conf.py script
> expects DPDK_VERSION environment variable to be set, and crashes if it
> is not.
> 
> However, there are certain external tools (such as sphinx documentation
> preview extensions for certain IDE's) that use live preview and thus
> rely on running their own sphinx commands. In these cases, it is useful
> to permit building sphinx documentation without specifying the
> DPDK_VERSION environment variable. The version string is the only thing
> preventing manual sphinx build commands from working.
> 
> Fix the conf.py to use "None" as a version string in cases when
> DPDK_VERSION environment variable is not set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> ---

Apologies, something went wrong with my automation...


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Thanks,
Anatoly