scripts: sphinx-pre-install: Make it compatible with Python 3.6

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 <[email protected]>

Author: mchehab

scripts/sphinx-pre-install.py

@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def which(prog):
     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 @@ def find_python_no_venv():
     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)
 
     #