Re: [Docutils-users] Problem when running ./buildhtml.py ../

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

Dear Tongtong Shen,

Thank you for reporting the problem.

On 2018-06-25, Tongtong Shen wrote:
> Good afternoon!

> Thank you for your time.

> I encountered a problem when running 
> ./buildhtml.py ../
> with the "--traceback" output as the following:

...
> /// Processing directory: ../docs/ref/rst
...
>     ::: Processing: directives.txt
> Traceback (most recent call last):
...
>   File "/Users/shentongtong/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/docutils/parsers/rst/states.py", line 2833, in definition_list_item
>     termlist, messages = self.term(termline, lineno)
>   File "/Users/shentongtong/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/docutils/parsers/rst/states.py", line 2869, in term
>     classifier_node[0].rawsource = part
>   File "/Users/shentongtong/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/docutils/nodes.py", line 569, in __getitem__
>     return self.children[key]
> IndexError: list index out of range

> Docutils version (0.15b.dev)
> Python version (2.7.15)
> My OS type & version: macOS High Sierra, Version 10.13.5 (17F77)
> Command line used: ./buildhtml.py ../

The problem seems to be solved with the (unpublished) changes in my local
setup (see the latest patches for bug 332
https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/bugs/332/).

Unfortunately, I am waiting since January for an OK to commit.

Thanks again,

Günter