id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	parents
5547	Install Instructions Sphinx Error for Debian Jessie based distributions	anongoblin		"During install of Mediagoblin following stable media goblin release 0.90 the following error is received:
(Instructions to use)
http://mediagoblin.readthedocs.io/en/stable/siteadmin/deploying.html
OS: Debian 8 / Devuan Jessie

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Running Sphinx-1.6.5/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
/tmp/easy_install-NMpkET/Sphinx-1.6.5/egg-dist-tmp-bQS0kd
error: Setup script exited with error in Sphinx setup command: Invalid environm$
python_version<""3.5""
Makefile:123: recipe for target 'bin/python' failed
make: *** [bin/python] Error 1
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I was able to work around this by 
./bin/easy_install sphinx==1.6.1

1.6.1 seems to be the earliest sphinx to not have this error.

Note there is another issue here.

the first time you receive the error it is when you use this command:
./bootstrap.sh && ./configure && make

however the second time you run that command, the error does not appear. it only appears when you run the update/upgrade  command listed on the deployment page. that command is:
git submodule update && ./bin/python setup.py develop --upgrade && ./bin gmg update

I would expect the error to appear under the bootstrap and configure commands.
"	defect	closed	major		documentation	wontfix	sphinx install documentation