$ pydoc lsst.sconsUtils

problem in lsst.sconsUtils - ImportError: lsst.sconsUtils cannot be imported outside an scons script.

diff --git a/python/lsst/sconsUtils/__init__.py b/python/lsst/sconsUtils/__init__.py

index ee9f02a..6e3c456 100644

--- a/python/lsst/sconsUtils/__init__.py

+++ b/python/lsst/sconsUtils/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@

 # Explain what happens when you try to import outside scons

+# When building documentation you want to force a SCons import

+import os

+import sys

+

+if ("pydoc" in sys.modules or "sphinx" in sys.modules) and "SCONS_DIR" in os.environ:

+    scons_path = os.path.join(os.environ["SCONS_DIR"], "lib", "scons")

+    if scons_path not in sys.path:

+        sys.path.append(scons_path)

+

 try:

     import SCons.Script

 except ImportError: