scripts: Show asciidoc errors while discovering

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/asciidoc2html.py b/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
index 1b904736d..291d48d5f 100755
--- a/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
+++ b/scripts/asciidoc2html.py
@@ -234,11 +234,16 @@ class AsciiDoc:
         for executable in ['asciidoc', 'asciidoc.py']:
             try:
                 subprocess.run([executable, '--version'],
-                               stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                               stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                               capture_output=True,
+                               text=True,
                                check=True)
-            except OSError:
+            except FileNotFoundError:
                 pass
+            except OSError as e:
+                utils.print_error(f"While running {executable}: {e}")
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                utils.print_error(
+                    f"While running {executable}: {e}\n{e.stdout}\n{e.stderr}")
             else:
                 return [executable]