Bug 849013

For RHEL6, python-sphinx is in RHEL (optional channel) so we can't fix that from EPEL.

We do, however, have a python-sphinx10 package in EPEL6 that you can use with some changes to your code: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/python-sphinx10-1.0.8-1.el6

This is installed as a forward compat package.  So it's not installed directly into /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages.  You'll need to get the actual directory that it installs into the pythonpath for the application you're working on.  The best way to do that is to use setuptools' facilities for this:

In the toplevel script that you're invoking, as soon as possible (it must occur before pkg_resources is imported by any code for the first time):

__requires__ = ['Sphinx >= 1.0']
import pkg_resources
pkg_resources.require('Sphinx >= 1.0')

The when you import sphinx, you'll get the forward compat package instead of the default version.

Ah shoot -- I'm so used to answering these that I didn't notice that this is a request for "sphinx" and not "python-sphinx".  Disregard my previous comment :-)

Any update from the packager? The infrastructure team needs it, so I can help push an update if necessary

(In reply to comment #2)
> Ah shoot -- I'm so used to answering these that I didn't notice that this is
> a request for "sphinx" and not "python-sphinx".  Disregard my previous
> comment :-)

Never mind...

(In reply to comment #3)
> Any update from the packager? The infrastructure team needs it, so I can
> help push an update if necessary

Thanks.

(In reply to comment #3)
> Any update from the packager? The infrastructure team needs it, so I can
> help push an update if necessary

That would be helpful. I am very busy right now and sphinx needs a bit more testing then the rest of my packages.

sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6

Package sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-5498/sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

sphinx-2.0.7-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

FYI, sphinx 2.0.8 is out. Good timing :-)

(In reply to comment #9)
> FYI, sphinx 2.0.8 is out. Good timing :-)

EPEL will always be behind, as it takes two weeks to push to stable on EPEL. I also will probably not push every minor version.

Hi Christof,

I know, I just wanted to let you know about the new release.

You might consider pushing this out still, because to update from 2.0.7 -> 2.0.8 one apparently only needs a SPEC bump, while it has bugfixes that are nice to have in production:

http://sphinxsearch.com/blog/2013/05/02/sphinx-2-0-8-release-is-available/

--Yury.

Ack.