Hi Emil. The lowercase "-c" is fine, but the problem is that the usage of "-M" is brittle.
See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/man/sphinx-build.html#make-mode, which mentions: """ Sphinx only recognizes the -M option if it is used first, along with the source and output directories, before any other options are passed. """ See also https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/6603. So if you move your "-c" argument after "$(BUILDDIR)", it should work. I think the "-M" option is very confusing (which is why I still prefer not using it and selecting the builder with "-b"), and obviously the error message is not at all helpful, and I hope this will be improved in the future. Also, it is still not even mentioned in the "--help" output. There have been a plethora of issues and PRs about this in the past, this is a short selection: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/3196 https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/4320 https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/5618 https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/6938 https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/pull/6939 https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/11656 cheers, Matthias On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM Emil Karlén <emil.o.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, thanks for help, > > but the sphinx-build man page says it should be a lower case "-c": > > -c path > Don't look for the conf.py in the source directory, but use the > given configuration directory instead. Note that various other > files and paths given by configuration values are expected to be > relative to the configuration directory, so they will have to be > present at this location too. > > New in version 0.3. > > -C Don't look for a configuration file; only take options via the > -D option. > > New in version 0.5. > > I tried with capital "-C" but that doesn't work :( > > /Emil > tisdag 19 mars 2024 kl. 08:14:24 UTC+1 skrev Steevie: >> >> On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:54:25 -0700 (PDT), Emil Karlén wrote: >> >> > Hello! >> > >> > I want the Sphinx source root to be the root directory of the project, >> > but have Sphinx conf.py in a subdirectory "sphinx". >> > The Sphinx Makefile is in the project root dir, and I have added >> > arguments >> > -c sphinx >> > to the Makefile. >> It should be -C sphinx, with capital "C" >> >> HTH, >> Stefano >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sphinx-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/3cafe9ec-c2ad-4413-a46b-db90b6532b56n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/CAFesC-d1%2BdiFgm%2BfkLXVQe_6KzPPyTnniuHcDHLJzw4Q7f32PA%40mail.gmail.com.
