#10950: Sphinx "RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while pickling an object" -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Documentation | Version: 7.11 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Compile-time Unknown/Multiple | crash Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- During a recent validate with Sphinx (sphinx-build) 1.3.1 (as packaged by Arch Linux), I got this failure: {{{ reading sources... [ 33%] glasgow_exts Exception occurred: File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/environment.py", line 863, in read_doc pickle.dump(doctree, f, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL) RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while pickling an object The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-11x82xjc.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers. Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time. A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx- doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks! docs/users_guide/ghc.mk:30: recipe for target 'docs/users_guide/ghc.1' failed make[1]: *** [docs/users_guide/ghc.1] Error 1 Makefile:121: recipe for target 'all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2 }}} The contents of the referenced log: {{{ # Sphinx version: 1.3.1 # Python version: 3.5.0 (CPython) # Docutils version: 0.12 release # Jinja2 version: 2.8 # Last messages: # reading sources... [ 6%] bugs # reading sources... [ 9%] codegens # reading sources... [ 12%] debugging # reading sources... [ 15%] editing-guide # reading sources... [ 18%] extending_ghc # reading sources... [ 21%] ffi-chap # reading sources... [ 24%] flags # reading sources... [ 27%] ghc # reading sources... [ 30%] ghci # reading sources... [ 33%] glasgow_exts # Loaded extensions: # sphinx.ext.extlinks (1.3.1) from /usr/lib/python3.5/site- packages/sphinx/ext/extlinks.py # alabaster (0.7.6) from /usr/lib/python3.5/site- packages/alabaster/__init__.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/cmdline.py", line 245, in main app.build(opts.force_all, filenames) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 264, in build self.builder.build_update() File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 240, in build_update self.build(['__all__'], to_build) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 259, in build self.doctreedir, self.app)) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/environment.py", line 618, in update self._read_serial(docnames, app) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/environment.py", line 638, in _read_serial self.read_doc(docname, app) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/sphinx/environment.py", line 863, in read_doc pickle.dump(doctree, f, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL) RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while pickling an object }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10950 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler