fixup pdf build

Signed-off-by: Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed panic in warewulfd if node netdev is only defined in a profile. #1817
+- Replaced unreadable >= character external sphinx module for pdf doc build.
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Update GitHub actions to build aarch64 artifacts.
 
+### Removed
+
+- Removed "Auto generated by" tag from generated docs.
+
 ## v4.6.0, 2025-03-02
 
 ### Added

Makefile

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ reference: wwctl
 	./wwctl --emptyconf genconfig reference userdocs/reference/
 
 latexpdf: reference
-	make -C userdocs latexpdf
+	SPHINXOPTS='-t pdf -D release=$(VERSION)' make -C userdocs latexpdf
 
 ##@ Development
 

internal/app/wwctl/genconf/reference/main.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 	linkHandler := func(name, ref string) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf(":ref:`%s <%s>`", name, ref)
 	}
+	cmd.Parent().Parent().DisableAutoGenTag = true
 	err = doc.GenReSTTreeCustom(cmd.Parent().Parent(), args[0], func(arg string) string { return "" }, linkHandler)
 	//err = doc.GenReSTTree(cmd.Parent().Parent(), args[0])
 	return

userdocs/conf.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
 
 project = 'Warewulf User Guide'
-copyright = '2024, Warewulf Project Contributors'
+copyright = '2025, Warewulf Project Contributors'
 author = 'Warewulf Project Contributors'
 release = 'main'
 
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ release = 'main'
 
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.graphviz',
-    'sphinx_reredirects',
 ]
+if not tags.has('pdf'):
+    extensions.append('sphinx_reredirects')
 
 redirects = {
     'contents/background': '../getting-started/introduction.html',

userdocs/server/bootloaders.rst

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ For example, the ``imgextract`` command can be `explicitly enabled`_.
    This is the case in the default state of ``build-ipxe.sh``, which enables
    support for ZLIB and GZIP archive image formats.
 
-Configuring Warewulf (≥ v4.5.0)
+Configuring Warewulf (>= v4.5.0)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 In Warewulf v4.5.0, Warewulf can be configured to use these files using the