[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#831239: [Python-modules-team] Bug#830186: sphinx: intersphinx mapping extension causes network access during package builds

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 11:34:53AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> Moved to debian-python list from bug report.

Great - so I can step in here with an equivalent problem. :-)
 
> Not sure I understand how dh-python / pybuild help with this problem.
> 
> I thought the recommended way to deal with building documentation was
> something like this in debian/rules:
> 
> override_dh_auto_build:
>         dh_auto_build
>         PYTHONPATH=. sphinx-build -b html -N Doc/ Doc/.build/html
> 
> ... in which case building the documentation happens outside
> dh_auto_build.

I'm using

override_dh_auto_build:
        # arch
        USE_CYTHON=true dh_auto_build
        # indep:
        PYTHONPATH=. http_proxy='127.0.0.1:9' sphinx-build -N -b html doc build/html
        PYTHONPATH=. http_proxy='127.0.0.1:9' sphinx-build -N -b man doc build/man

in python-biom-format[1] which results in #831239.  I was once advised
to specify the http_proxy that way (others here in this thread as well)
and I wonder how to solve this.  If I try to export http_proxy and do
not call sphinx-build manually at all no documentation will be created.

So how to solve this?

Kind regards

       Andreas.

[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-med/python-biom-format.git

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