See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oslosphinx/+bug/1661861 diff -ur orig/pbr-1.10.0/pbr/builddoc.py pbr-1.10.0/pbr/builddoc.py --- orig/pbr-1.10.0/pbr/builddoc.py 2016-05-23 21:38:18.000000000 +0200 +++ pbr-1.10.0/pbr/builddoc.py 2017-02-18 14:01:37.424434317 +0100 @@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ sphinx_config.init_values(warnings.warn) else: sphinx_config.init_values() - if self.builder == 'man' and len(sphinx_config.man_pages) == 0: + if self.builder == 'man' and len( + getattr(sphinx_config, 'man_pages', '')) == 0: return app = application.Sphinx( self.source_dir, self.config_dir, diff -ur orig/pbr-1.10.0/pbr/util.py pbr-1.10.0/pbr/util.py --- orig/pbr-1.10.0/pbr/util.py 2016-05-23 21:38:18.000000000 +0200 +++ pbr-1.10.0/pbr/util.py 2017-02-18 15:36:32.951196795 +0100 @@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ parser.read(path) config = {} for section in parser.sections(): - config[section] = dict(parser.items(section)) + config[section] = dict() + for k, value in parser.items(section): + config[section][k.replace('-', '_')] = value # Run setup_hooks, if configured setup_hooks = has_get_option(config, 'global', 'setup_hooks')