Bug#888177: pytables FBFS with sphinx 1.6.6-1

[Adrian Bunk]

Source: pytables
Version: 3.4.2-2
Severity: serious

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/pytables.html

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! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.21844 \\
          
? 
! Emergency stop.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.21844 \\
          
!  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on usersguide-3.4.2.log.
Latexmk: Index file 'usersguide-3.4.2.idx' was written
Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages):
  pdflatex: Command for 'pdflatex' gave return code 256
Latexmk: Use the -f option to force complete processing,
 unless error was exceeding maximum runs of latex/pdflatex.
Latexmk: Errors, so I did not complete making targets
Makefile:33: recipe for target 'usersguide-3.4.2.pdf' failed
make[3]: *** [usersguide-3.4.2.pdf] Error 12


11:19 < mitya57> bunk: It is a raw latex block, which starts with \\ even though it does not know what is before those lines. So looks like a pytables 
                 bug, even if it's triggered by sphinx update.
11:19 < mitya57> See https://sources.debian.org/src/pytables/3.4.2-2/doc/source/usersguide/optimization.rst/#L1040