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+size 4680974
diff --git a/Sphinx-1.7.1.tar.gz b/Sphinx-1.7.1.tar.gz
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-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
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diff --git a/python-Sphinx-doc.spec b/python-Sphinx-doc.spec
index 59ed59c..8ba62f3 100644
--- a/python-Sphinx-doc.spec
+++ b/python-Sphinx-doc.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-Sphinx-doc
-Version:        1.7.1
+Version:        1.6.5
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://sphinx-doc.org
 Summary:        Documentation for python-Sphinx
diff --git a/python-Sphinx.changes b/python-Sphinx.changes
index 794ac0b..99a843f 100644
--- a/python-Sphinx.changes
+++ b/python-Sphinx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  6 11:55:15 UTC 2018 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- go back to a working sphinx version for now (1.6.5)
+  * newer versions are not able to build openstack clients
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 27 14:09:37 UTC 2018 - aplanas@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-Sphinx.spec b/python-Sphinx.spec
index 96f3d7f..e88a789 100644
--- a/python-Sphinx.spec
+++ b/python-Sphinx.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define oldpython python
 Name:           python-Sphinx
-Version:        1.7.1
+Version:        1.6.5
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://sphinx-doc.org
 Summary:        Python documentation generator