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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> | 2025-08-12 17:52:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2025-08-13 10:19:16 -0600 |
| commit | 8f6f54c464d7fccfb8da46ca0afcb0860e6d73bb (patch) | |
| tree | 3f6ae95698b603a02510a4f17f09295f0de34204 | |
| parent | 12bdcf898977172a93fc30668f8918da83c51f86 (diff) | |
scripts: sphinx-pre-install: cleanup rhel support
Rhel < 8.0 is not supported anymore. Drop support for it.
Rhel 8 is problematic: at least on the tests I did with a
docker repo, it didn't work, but it could be due to the issue
that it is actually different than a real One.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/62fe8ab243ad39f4964f1f74b965e43dc8f10e23.1754992972.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py | 26 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py index 808d31bfa790..42f55e67256d 100755 --- a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py +++ b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py @@ -487,15 +487,31 @@ class SphinxDependencyChecker: progs["virtualenv"] = "python-virtualenv" - if rel and rel < 8: + if not rel or rel < 8: old = 1 self.pdf = False - # RHEL 7 is in ELS, currently up to Jun, 2026 + print("ERROR: Distro not supported. Too old?") + return + + # TODO: check if RHEL8 still works. + # On my tests with docker "redhat/ubi8" image, there's no + # python3-sphinx (or similar) package. It comes with Python 3.6, + # but there are other python packages over there, so it may be + # possible to work with venv. + + if self.first_hint: + print("Note: RHEL-based distros typically require extra repositories.\n" \ + "For most, enabling epel and crb are enough:\n" \ + "\tsudo dnf install -y epel-release", \ + "\tsudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb\n" \ + "Yet, some may have other required repositories. Those commands could be useful:" \ + "\tsudo dnf repolist all" \ + "\tsudo repoquery --available --info <pkgs>", + "\tsudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled '*' # enable all - probably not what you want") + + self.first_hint = False - print("Note: texlive packages on RHEL/CENTOS <= 7 are incomplete. Can't support PDF output") - print("If you want to build PDF, please read:") - print("\thttps://www.systutorials.com/241660/how-to-install-tex-live-on-centos-7-linux/") if self.pdf: pdf_pkgs = [ |