[New-bugs-announce] [issue41760] 3.8.6 rc1 documentation fails to build with sphinx 3.2.1

[Matthias Klose]

New submission from Matthias Klose <doko at debian.org>:

the 3.8.6 rc1 documentation fails to build with sphinx 3.2.1:

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/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:245: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyModulelevel is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyDecoratorFunction'>
  return PyModulelevel.run(self)
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:277: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyClassmember is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyCoroutineMethod'>
  return PyClassmember.run(self)
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:289: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyClassmember is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyAwaitableMethod'>
  return PyClassmember.run(self)
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:271: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyModulelevel is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyCoroutineFunction'>
  return PyModulelevel.run(self)
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:283: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyClassmember is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyAwaitableFunction'>
  return PyClassmember.run(self)
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py:302: RemovedInSphinx40Warning: PyClassmember is deprecated. Please check the implementation of <class 'pyspecific.PyAbstractMethod'>
  return PyClassmember.run(self)

Warning, treated as error:
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/Doc/library/string.rst:311:duplicate token description of sign, other instance in library/functions
make[1]: *** [Makefile:52: build] Error 2

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components: Build
messages: 376711
nosy: doko
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: 3.8.6 rc1 documentation fails to build with sphinx 3.2.1
versions: Python 3.8

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