In gh-145455, an outdated dependency caused an import error that was not
printed out (`2>&1`); the message instead said that the tools are missing.
Don't redirect stderr, to show warnings and failures.
Also, switch `blurb` to output a version on a single line (`--version` rather
than `help`), and, and don't redirect stdout either.
This results in two version info lines being printed out. These get drowned
in typical Sphinx output, and can be helpful when debugging.
@if [ -f ../Misc/NEWS ] ; then \
echo "Using existing Misc/NEWS file"; \
cp ../Misc/NEWS build/NEWS; \
- elif $(BLURB) help >/dev/null 2>&1 && $(SPHINXBUILD) --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+ elif $(BLURB) --version && $(SPHINXBUILD) --version ; then \
if [ -d ../Misc/NEWS.d ]; then \
echo "Building NEWS from Misc/NEWS.d with blurb"; \
$(BLURB) merge -f build/NEWS; \