[Python-modules-team] Bug#955071: case: FTBFS with Sphinx 2.4: AttributeError: module 'sphinx.ext.autodoc' has no attribute 'AutoDirective'

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Source: case
Version: 1.5.3+dfsg-3
Severity: important
Tags: ftbfs
User: python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: sphinx2.4

Hi,

case fails to build with Sphinx 2.4, currently available in
experimental.

Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>'
> dh_auto_build
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3.7 setup.py build 
> running build
> running build_py
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/pytest.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/skip.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/case.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/mock.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> copying case/utils.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case/tests
> copying case/tests/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.7_case/build/case/tests
> I: pybuild base:217: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build 
> running build
> running build_py
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/pytest.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/skip.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/case.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/mock.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> copying case/utils.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case
> creating /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case/tests
> copying case/tests/__init__.py -> /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.8_case/build/case/tests
> PYTHONPATH=. python3 -m sphinx -N -bhtml docs/ build/html # HTML generator
> Running Sphinx v2.4.3
> 
> Exception occurred:
>   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/deprecation.py", line 49, in __getattr__
>     return getattr(self._module, name)
> AttributeError: module 'sphinx.ext.autodoc' has no attribute 'AutoDirective'
> The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-syb5j65i.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
> Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
> A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks!
> make[1]: *** [debian/rules:13: override_dh_auto_build] Error 2

The full build log is available from:
   http://qa-logs.debian.net/2020/03/26/case_1.5.3+dfsg-3_unstable_sphinx243.log

Please see [1] for Sphinx changelog, which may give a hint of what changes in
Sphinx caused this error.

Also see [2] for the list of deprecated/removed APIs and possible alternatives
to them.

Sphinx 2.4 is going to be uploaded to unstable in a couple of weeks. When that
happens, the severity of this bug will be bumped to serious.

In case you have questions, please Cc sphinx at packages.debian.org on reply.

[1]: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/2.0/changes.html
[2]: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/2.0/extdev/deprecated.html#dev-deprecated-apis

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.