Control: forwarded -1 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=00d95fcc4dee66dfb6980de6f2973b32f973a1eb
On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:24:49PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > Source: linux > Version: 6.16.12-1 > Severity: serious > Tags: ftbfs > Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past) > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], > [email protected] > > The linux source package didn't successfully build its Architecture: all > binary packages (notably linux-libc-dev, which is build-essential) on > the official buildds: > > >Running Sphinx v8.2.3 > >Using alabaster theme > >loading translations [en]... done > > > >Extension error! > ... > > File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/sphinx/registry.py", line 544, in > > load_extension > > raise ExtensionError( > > __('Could not import extension %s') % extname, err > > ) from err > > sphinx.errors.ExtensionError: Could not import extension kernel_include > > (exception: No module named 'docutils.utils.error_reporting') > > (Is this perhaps an incompatible change in the recent python-docutils > upload?) Seems so: The ErrorString() and SafeString() docutils functions were helpers meant to ease the handling of encodings during the Python 3 transition. There is no real need for them after Python 3.6, and docutils 0.22 removes them, breaking the docs build That's from the commit I'm linking above (untested). > smcv cu Adrian
