sphinx 1.8.0 :type: can't process :term: references

[reaperhulk]

Problem

As of sphinx 1.8.0 :term: references in a :type: no longer appear to work.

Procedure to reproduce the problem

Use this rst:

.. glossary::

    test
        data


.. currentmodule:: foo.bar

.. class:: Baz

    .. attribute:: quux

        :type: :term:`test`

Then run sphinx-build against it with a default conf and you'll see: WARNING: py:class reference target not found: test

In 1.7.9 and before this would properly link.

Environment

• Python 3.7
• macOS 10.13
• sphinx 1.8.0

[tk0miya]

So far, py:attributes does not handle :type: field especially. But, since 1.8, it has been handled as types forcedly. I think #4047 contains a bug like this.
+1 for fixing this.

[tk0miya]

Fixed by #5467.
Thank you for reporting.