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+# Find the Sphinx documentation generator
+#
+# This modules defines
+#  SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+#  SPHINX_FOUND
+
+FIND_PROGRAM(SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+             NAMES sphinx-build
+             PATHS
+               /usr/bin
+               /usr/local/bin
+               /opt/local/bin
+             DOC "Sphinx documentation generator")
+
+IF (NOT SPHINX_EXECUTABLE)
+  SET(_Python_VERSIONS 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.5)
+
+  FOREACH (_version ${_Python_VERSIONS})
+    SET(_sphinx_NAMES sphinx-build-${_version})
+
+    FIND_PROGRAM(SPHINX_EXECUTABLE
+                 NAMES ${_sphinx_NAMES}
+                 PATHS
+                   /usr/bin
+                   /usr/local/bin
+                   /opt/loca/bin
+                 DOC "Sphinx documentation generator")
+  ENDFOREACH ()
+ENDIF ()
+
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(Sphinx DEFAULT_MSG SPHINX_EXECUTABLE)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(SPHINX_EXECUTABLE)