Re: [PATCH 1/1] configure: prefer python's sphinx module

2020-06-19 Thread Peter Maydell
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 at 18:57, John Snow wrote: > On 6/18/20 5:56 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > > How do I use the system python but a venv sphinx-build? At the > > > python3 -m venv myvenv > > cd myvenv/bin > > ls -l python* > > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 jsnow jsnow 7 Jun 19 13:23 python -> python3* >

Re: [PATCH 1/1] configure: prefer python's sphinx module

2020-06-19 Thread John Snow
On 6/18/20 5:56 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 20:09, John Snow wrote: >> Using an explicit entry path script for sphinx can lead to confusing >> results: If the python binary belongs to a virtual environment, our >> configure script may still select a sphinx script that

Re: [PATCH 1/1] configure: prefer python's sphinx module

2020-06-18 Thread Peter Maydell
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 20:09, John Snow wrote: > Using an explicit entry path script for sphinx can lead to confusing > results: If the python binary belongs to a virtual environment, our > configure script may still select a sphinx script that belongs to the > system distribution packages. > >

[PATCH 1/1] configure: prefer python's sphinx module

2020-06-16 Thread John Snow
Using an explicit entry path script for sphinx can lead to confusing results: If the python binary belongs to a virtual environment, our configure script may still select a sphinx script that belongs to the system distribution packages. It is likely best to use python itself (whichever one the