bpo-35482: Fixes HTML escaping in CHM index and build location of NEWS file (GH-11224)
diff --git a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
index 10e4a4d..6631743 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+++ b/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
import re
import io
-from os import path
+from os import getenv, path
from time import asctime
from pprint import pformat
from docutils.io import StringOutput
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@
fname = self.arguments[0]
source = self.state_machine.input_lines.source(
self.lineno - self.state_machine.input_offset - 1)
- source_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(source))
+ source_dir = getenv('PY_MISC_NEWS_DIR')
+ if not source_dir:
+ source_dir = path.dirname(path.abspath(source))
fpath = path.join(source_dir, fname)
self.state.document.settings.record_dependencies.add(fpath)
try: