manpage: Stop creating a section directory on build manpage by default

CHANGES

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Incompatible changes
 --------------------
 
 * #9222: Update Underscore.js to 1.13.1
+* #9217: manpage: Stop creating a section directory on build manpage by default
+  (see :confval:`man_make_section_directory`)
 
 Deprecated
 ----------

doc/usage/configuration.rst

@@ -2339,6 +2339,10 @@ These options influence manual page output.
 
       The default is changed to ``False`` from ``True``.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 4.0.2
+
+      The default is changed to ``True`` from ``False`` again.
+
 .. _texinfo-options:
 
 Options for Texinfo output

sphinx/builders/manpage.py

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
     app.add_config_value('man_pages', default_man_pages, None)
     app.add_config_value('man_show_urls', False, None)
-    app.add_config_value('man_make_section_directory', True, None)
+    app.add_config_value('man_make_section_directory', False, None)
 
     return {
         'version': 'builtin',

tests/test_build_manpage.py

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ from sphinx.config import Config
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('man')
 def test_all(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
-    assert (app.outdir / '1' / 'sphinxtests.1').exists()
+    assert (app.outdir / 'sphinxtests.1').exists()
 
-    content = (app.outdir / '1' / 'sphinxtests.1').read_text()
+    content = (app.outdir / 'sphinxtests.1').read_text()
     assert r'\fBprint \fP\fIi\fP\fB\en\fP' in content
     assert r'\fBmanpage\en\fP' in content
 
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ def test_all(app, status, warning):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('man', testroot='basic',
-                    confoverrides={'man_make_section_directory': False})
+                    confoverrides={'man_make_section_directory': True})
 def test_man_make_section_directory(app, status, warning):
     app.build()
-    assert (app.outdir / 'python.1').exists()
+    assert (app.outdir / '1' / 'python.1').exists()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('man', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_captioned_code_block(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
-    content = (app.outdir / '1' / 'python.1').read_text()
+    content = (app.outdir / 'python.1').read_text()
 
     assert ('.sp\n'
             'caption \\fItest\\fP rb\n'
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ def test_default_man_pages():
 @pytest.mark.sphinx('man', testroot='markup-rubric')
 def test_rubric(app, status, warning):
     app.build()
-    content = (app.outdir / '1' / 'python.1').read_text()
+    content = (app.outdir / 'python.1').read_text()
     assert 'This is a rubric\n' in content

tests/test_smartquotes.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def test_text_builder(app, status, warning):
 def test_man_builder(app, status, warning):
     app.build()
 
-    content = (app.outdir / '1' / 'python.1').read_text()
+    content = (app.outdir / 'python.1').read_text()
     assert '\\-\\- "Sphinx" is a tool that makes it easy ...' in content
 
 
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ def test_smartquotes_excludes_language(app, status, warning):
 def test_smartquotes_excludes_builders(app, status, warning):
     app.build()
 
-    content = (app.outdir / '1' / 'python.1').read_text()
+    content = (app.outdir / 'python.1').read_text()
     assert '– “Sphinx” is a tool that makes it easy …' in content