fix #2522: Sphinx touches mo files under installed directory

that caused permission error.

CHANGES

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2492: Figure directive with :figwidth: generates incorrect Latex-code
 * The caption of figure is always put on center even if ``:align:`` was specified
 * #2526: LaTeX writer crashes if the section having only images
+* #2522: Sphinx touches mo files under installed directory that caused permission error.
 
 
 Release 1.4.1 (released Apr 12, 2016)

sphinx/application.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from sphinx.util.osutil import ENOENT
 from sphinx.util.logging import is_suppressed_warning
 from sphinx.util.console import bold, lightgray, darkgray, darkgreen, \
     term_width_line
+from sphinx.util.i18n import find_catalog_source_files
 
 if hasattr(sys, 'intern'):
     intern = sys.intern
@@ -207,13 +208,17 @@ class Sphinx(object):
         if self.config.language is not None:
             self.info(bold('loading translations [%s]... ' %
                            self.config.language), nonl=True)
-            locale_dirs = [None, path.join(package_dir, 'locale')] + \
-                [path.join(self.srcdir, x) for x in self.config.locale_dirs]
+            user_locale_dirs = [
+                path.join(self.srcdir, x) for x in self.config.locale_dirs]
+            # compile mo files if sphinx.po file in user locale directories are updated
+            for catinfo in find_catalog_source_files(
+                    user_locale_dirs, self.config.language, domains=['sphinx'],
+                    charset=self.config.source_encoding):
+                catinfo.write_mo(self.config.language)
+            locale_dirs = [None, path.join(package_dir, 'locale')] + user_locale_dirs
         else:
             locale_dirs = []
-        self.translator, has_translation = locale.init(locale_dirs,
-                                                       self.config.language,
-                                                       charset=self.config.source_encoding)
+        self.translator, has_translation = locale.init(locale_dirs, self.config.language)
         if self.config.language is not None:
             if has_translation or self.config.language == 'en':
                 # "en" never needs to be translated

sphinx/locale/__init__.py

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ else:
         return translators['sphinx'].ugettext(message)
 
 
-def init(locale_dirs, language, catalog='sphinx', charset='utf-8'):
+def init(locale_dirs, language, catalog='sphinx'):
     """Look for message catalogs in `locale_dirs` and *ensure* that there is at
     least a NullTranslations catalog set in `translators`.  If called multiple
     times or if several ``.mo`` files are found, their contents are merged
@@ -209,13 +209,6 @@ def init(locale_dirs, language, catalog='sphinx', charset='utf-8'):
     # the None entry is the system's default locale path
     has_translation = True
 
-    # compile mo files if po file is updated
-    # TODO: remove circular importing
-    from sphinx.util.i18n import find_catalog_source_files
-    for catinfo in find_catalog_source_files(locale_dirs, language, domains=[catalog],
-                                             charset=charset):
-        catinfo.write_mo(language)
-
     # loading
     for dir_ in locale_dirs:
         try:

sphinx/transforms.py

@@ -239,9 +239,7 @@ class Locale(Transform):
         # fetch translations
         dirs = [path.join(env.srcdir, directory)
                 for directory in env.config.locale_dirs]
-        catalog, has_catalog = init_locale(dirs, env.config.language,
-                                           textdomain,
-                                           charset=env.config.source_encoding)
+        catalog, has_catalog = init_locale(dirs, env.config.language, textdomain)
         if not has_catalog:
             return