diff --git a/python-cffi-doc.changes b/python-cffi-doc.changes
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-Mon Mar 27 11:33:20 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
-
-- separate cffi-doc subpackage to break build loop leading to Sphinx
diff --git a/python-cffi-doc.spec b/python-cffi-doc.spec
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-#
-# spec file for package python-cffi-doc
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
-#
-# All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
-# remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
-# upon. The license for this file, and modifications and additions to the
-# file, is the same license as for the pristine package itself (unless the
-# license for the pristine package is not an Open Source License, in which
-# case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
-# license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
-# published by the Open Source Initiative.
-
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
-#
-
-
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
-Name:           python-cffi-doc
-Version:        1.9.1
-Release:        0
-Summary:        Documentation for Foreign Function Interface in Python
-License:        MIT
-Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-Url:            https://cffi.readthedocs.org
-Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cffi/cffi-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
-Provides:       %{python_module cffi-doc = %{version}}
-Supplements:    %{python_module cffi = %{version}}
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildArch:      noarch
-
-%description
-Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code. The aim of this project
-is to provide a convenient and reliable way of calling C code from Python.
-
-This package provides the HTML documentation for Python cffi module.
-
-%prep
-%setup -q -n cffi-%{version}
-
-%build
-python3 setup.py build_sphinx && rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
-
-%install
-
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc LICENSE build/sphinx/html
-
-%changelog
diff --git a/python-cffi.changes b/python-cffi.changes
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--- a/python-cffi.changes
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 Mon Mar 27 11:50:31 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
-- split off -doc subpackage, to prevent build cycle with Sphinx
+- do not generate HTML documentation for packages that are indirect
+  dependencies of Sphinx
+  (see docs at https://cffi.readthedocs.org/ )
 
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 Thu Mar 16 17:33:16 UTC 2017 - jmatejek@suse.com