Backport upstream commit 9e0b427893b65b220faf8a31a6afdc67f6f41364 “Use != with literals” diff -Naur grpc-1.26.0-original/src/python/grpcio/commands.py grpc-1.26.0/src/python/grpcio/commands.py --- grpc-1.26.0-original/src/python/grpcio/commands.py 2019-12-17 20:29:27.000000000 -0500 +++ grpc-1.26.0/src/python/grpcio/commands.py 2021-01-28 12:51:33.635142522 -0500 @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ target_dir = os.path.join(GRPC_STEM, 'doc', 'build') exit_code = sphinx.cmd.build.build_main( ['-b', 'html', '-W', '--keep-going', source_dir, target_dir]) - if exit_code is not 0: + if exit_code: raise CommandError( "Documentation generation has warnings or errors")