From 528a9414df3f89212f71bc69b9561ff396fb34b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ethernet <arilotter@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:49:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(build): type the python build helper's error handling for
 checkJs

---
 scripts/build/python.mjs | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/build/python.mjs b/scripts/build/python.mjs
index 9827884cd7..fc1218948b 100644
--- a/scripts/build/python.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/python.mjs
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ export function runPython(args, options = {}) {
 if (process.argv[1] && import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href) {
   try {
     runPython(process.argv.slice(2))
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error('[python build]', error.message)
-    process.exitCode = Number.isInteger(error.status) && error.status !== 0 ? error.status : 1
+  } catch (/** @type {unknown} */ error) {
+    // execFileSync throws a child_process exception carrying .status; anything
+    // else is reported as-is so a missing Python still prints a useful line.
+    const detail = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+    console.error('[python build]', detail)
+    const status = typeof (/** @type {any} */ (error).status) === 'number' ? /** @type {any} */ (error).status : 0
+    process.exitCode = status !== 0 ? status : 1
   }
 }