--- setup.py.orig 2011-02-15 11:05:17.000000000 -0800 +++ setup.py 2012-08-04 12:00:40.704723726 -0700 @@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree from distutils.file_util import copy_file +sphinx_found = True try: from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc except ImportError: - pass + sphinx_found = False + -sphinx_found = True