Sphinx 7.2.0 problems with pathlib.Path instead of string paths #11605
Description
Describe the bug
When using breathe with the 7.2.0 release, we get this error:
File "/Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/docs-SEK-9aTg/lib/python3.11/site-packages/breathe/project.py", line 116, in __init__
self._default_build_dir = os.path.dirname(app.doctreedir.rstrip(os.sep))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'rstrip'
The full traceback has been saved in /var/folders/x6/97fjm0c540s7yn9zlv7fp9k00000gn/T/sphinx-err-sbf8ny4n.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks!
I suspect that breathe relied on doctreedir being a string, and now it's a PosixPath.
If you believe that this is in error and that breathe should be changed instead to not rely on this, let me know and I'll file an issue there :)
How to Reproduce
$ echo "Test" > index.rst
$ echo "extensions = ['breathe']" > conf.py
$ sphinx-build -M html . _build
Running Sphinx v7.2.0
Exception occurred:
File "/Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/fob-HUh8Hd7H/lib/python3.11/site-packages/breathe/project.py", line 116, in __init__
self._default_build_dir = os.path.dirname(app.doctreedir.rstrip(os.sep))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'PosixPath' object has no attribute 'rstrip'
The full traceback has been saved in /var/folders/x6/97fjm0c540s7yn9zlv7fp9k00000gn/T/sphinx-err-0d2v5eaa.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks!Environment Information
Platform: darwin; (macOS-13.5-x86_64-i386-64bit)
Python version: 3.11.4 (main, Jun 20 2023, 16:59:59) [Clang 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)])
Python implementation: CPython
Sphinx version: 7.2.0
Docutils version: 0.20.1
Jinja2 version: 3.1.2
Pygments version: 2.16.1
Sphinx extensions
['breathe']Additional context
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