In linkcheck builder, return status code 1 on error, and emit warnings if -q

is given.

sphinx/application.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import posixpath
+from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.parsers.rst import directives, roles
@@ -83,12 +84,23 @@ class Sphinx(object):
         self.outdir = outdir
         self.doctreedir = doctreedir
 
-        self._status = status
+        if status is None:
-        self._warning = warning
+            self._status = StringIO()
+            self.quiet = True
+        else:
+            self._status = status
+            self.quiet = False
+        if warning is None:
+            self._warning = StringIO()
+        else:
+            self._warning = warning
         self._warncount = 0
 
         self._events = events.copy()
 
+        # status code for command-line application
+        self.statuscode = 0
+
         # read config
         self.config = Config(confdir, CONFIG_FILENAME, confoverrides)
 

sphinx/cmdline.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import sys
 import getopt
 import traceback
 from os import path
-from cStringIO import StringIO
 
 from docutils.utils import SystemMessage
 
@@ -134,10 +133,10 @@ def main(argv):
         elif opt == '-E':
             freshenv = True
         elif opt == '-q':
-            status = StringIO()
+            status = None
         elif opt == '-Q':
-            status = StringIO()
+            status = None
-            warning = StringIO()
+            warning = None
         elif opt == '-P':
             use_pdb = True
     confoverrides['html_context'] = htmlcontext
@@ -146,6 +145,7 @@ def main(argv):
         app = Sphinx(srcdir, confdir, outdir, doctreedir, buildername,
                      confoverrides, status, warning, freshenv)
         app.build(all_files, filenames)
+        return app.statuscode
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         if use_pdb:
             import pdb

sphinx/linkcheck.py

@@ -84,20 +84,25 @@ class CheckExternalLinksBuilder(Builder):
                 self.good.add(uri)
             elif r == 2:
                 self.info(' - ' + red('broken: ') + s)
-                self.broken[uri] = (r, s)
                 self.write_entry('broken', docname, lineno, uri + ': ' + s)
+                self.broken[uri] = (r, s)
+                if self.app.quiet:
+                    self.warn('%s:%s: broken link: %s' % (docname, lineno, uri))
             else:
                 self.info(' - ' + purple('redirected') + ' to ' + s)
-                self.redirected[uri] = (r, s)
                 self.write_entry('redirected', docname, lineno, uri + ' to ' + s)
-
+                self.redirected[uri] = (r, s)
         elif len(uri) == 0 or uri[0:7] == 'mailto:' or uri[0:4] == 'ftp:':
             return
         else:
-            self.info(uri + ' - ' + red('malformed!'))
+            self.warn(uri + ' - ' + red('malformed!'))
             self.write_entry('malformed', docname, lineno, uri)
+            if self.app.quiet:
+                self.warn('%s:%s: malformed link: %s' % (docname, lineno, uri))
+            self.app.statuscode = 1
 
-        return
+        if self.broken:
+            self.app.statuscode = 1
 
     def write_entry(self, what, docname, line, uri):
         output = open(path.join(self.outdir, 'output.txt'), 'a')