The minimal version requirements we have is 3.9. Yet, the script which detects it is this one. So, let's try supporting an old version here, as we may want to suggest to upgrade Python version to build the docs. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py index dcee2181b72f..71d86b230b22 100755 --- a/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py +++ b/scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py @@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ class SphinxDependencyChecker: def find_python_no_venv(): # FIXME: does it makes sense now that this script is in Python? - result = subprocess.run(["pwd"], capture_output=True, text=True) + result = SphinxDependencyChecker.run(["pwd"], capture_output=True, + text=True) cur_dir = result.stdout.strip() python_names = ["python3", "python"] @@ -135,12 +136,23 @@ class SphinxDependencyChecker: def run(*args, **kwargs): """Excecute a command, hiding its output by default""" - if not kwargs.get('capture_output', False): + capture_output = kwargs.pop('capture_output', False) + + if capture_output: + if 'stdout' not in kwargs: + kwargs['stdout'] = subprocess.PIPE + if 'stderr' not in kwargs: + kwargs['stderr'] = subprocess.PIPE + else: if 'stdout' not in kwargs: kwargs['stdout'] = subprocess.DEVNULL if 'stderr' not in kwargs: kwargs['stderr'] = subprocess.DEVNULL + # Don't break with older Python versions + if 'text' in kwargs and sys.version_info < (3, 7): + kwargs['universal_newlines'] = kwargs.pop('text') + return subprocess.run(*args, **kwargs) # -- 2.49.0