Added help command to sphinx Makefile #6024
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| # Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make html". | ||
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We still need the html target don't we? Also the comment above it out of date
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There wasn't one before #5347, probably because make livehtml does the same and more. I fixed the comment.
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Actually make html is provided by the catch-all at the bottom of the Makefile since it's built-in
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Description
Added the
helpsubcommand back intoMakefileandmake.bat. Also changemake.batto use-Minstead of-bChecklist:
Rationale
The Makefile for sphinx previously had "help" as its default command using the (undocumented, see sphinx-doc/sphinx#13881)
-M helpmake-mode option. This was removed by #5347, which was trying to fix #5346 (it didn't, but the problem was later fixed by sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#175).-b helpis not valid.