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-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/flags.py9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.py b/docs/users_guide/flags.py
index 0e56bdfcc3..c95b9aa96c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/flags.py
+++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.py
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@
from docutils import nodes
from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, directives
+import sphinx
from sphinx import addnodes
from sphinx.domains.std import GenericObject
from sphinx.errors import SphinxError
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
from utils import build_table_from_list
### Settings
@@ -599,15 +601,18 @@ def purge_flags(app, env, docname):
### Initialization
def setup(app):
+ # The override argument to add_directive_to_domain is only supported by >= 1.8
+ sphinx_version = LooseVersion(sphinx.__version__)
+ override_arg = {'override': True} if sphinx_version >= LooseVersion('1.8') else {}
# Add ghc-flag directive, and override the class with our own
app.add_object_type('ghc-flag', 'ghc-flag')
- app.add_directive_to_domain('std', 'ghc-flag', Flag, override=True)
+ app.add_directive_to_domain('std', 'ghc-flag', Flag, **override_arg)
# Add extension directive, and override the class with our own
app.add_object_type('extension', 'extension')
app.add_directive_to_domain('std', 'extension', LanguageExtension,
- override=True)
+ **override_arg)
# NB: language-extension would be misinterpreted by sphinx, and produce
# lang="extensions" XML attributes