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scripts: sphinx-pre-install: cleanup rhel support

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Rhel < 8.0 is not supported anymore. Drop support for it.

Rhel 8 is problematic: at least on the tests I did with a
docker repo, it didn't work, but it could be due to the issue
that it is actually different than a real One.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/62fe8ab243ad39f4964f1f74b965e43dc8f10e23.1754992972.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab 2025-08-12 17:52:30 +02:00 • committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -487,15 +487,31 @@ class SphinxDependencyChecker:
progs["virtualenv"] = "python-virtualenv"
if rel and rel < 8:
if not rel or rel < 8:
old = 1
self.pdf = False
# RHEL 7 is in ELS, currently up to Jun, 2026
print("ERROR: Distro not supported. Too old?")
return
# TODO: check if RHEL8 still works.
# On my tests with docker "redhat/ubi8" image, there's no
# python3-sphinx (or similar) package. It comes with Python 3.6,
# but there are other python packages over there, so it may be
# possible to work with venv.
if self.first_hint:
print("Note: RHEL-based distros typically require extra repositories.\n" \
"For most, enabling epel and crb are enough:\n" \
"\tsudo dnf install -y epel-release", \
"\tsudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb\n" \
"Yet, some may have other required repositories. Those commands could be useful:" \
"\tsudo dnf repolist all" \
"\tsudo repoquery --available --info <pkgs>",
"\tsudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled '*' # enable all - probably not what you want")
self.first_hint = False
print("Note: texlive packages on RHEL/CENTOS <= 7 are incomplete. Can't support PDF output")
print("If you want to build PDF, please read:")
print("\thttps://www.systutorials.com/241660/how-to-install-tex-live-on-centos-7-linux/")
if self.pdf:
pdf_pkgs = [