How Do I Use Sphinxopts To Trigger The "only" Directive When Invoking Sphinx With A Makefile?

I am generating a PDF via Sphinx using the autogenerated Makefile. I usually generate it using: make latexpdf However, I am now including the only directive, so that some sections

Solution 1:

You need to modify the command a little (the variable assignment must come after make). Either of these work for me (using GNU make):

make SPHINXOPTS="-t draft" latexpdf    

or

make latexpdf SPHINXOPTS="-t draft"