Mock out Windows-specific modules during docs build
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index da18a25..2cf9436 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -186,6 +186,20 @@
# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
htmlhelp_basename = 'dateutildoc'
+# -- Options for autodoc -------------------------------------------------
+
+autodoc_mock_imports = ['ctypes.wintypes', 'six.moves.winreg']
+
+# Need to mock this out specifically to avoid errors
+import ctypes
+def pointer_mock(*args, **kwargs):
+ try:
+ return ctypes.POINTER(*args, **kwargs)
+ except Exception:
+ return None
+
+ctypes.POINTER = pointer_mock
+sys.modules['ctypes'] = ctypes
# -- Options for LaTeX output ---------------------------------------------
