credits to @wiggin15 for #1528

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py b/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
index 3d108d81..73134818 100755
--- a/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
+++ b/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def parse_c(fname):
 
 
 def parse_generic(fname):
-    with open(fname) as f:
+    with open(fname, 'rt', errors='ignore') as f:
         text = f.read()
     return find_urls(text)
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def get_urls(fname):
     elif fname.endswith('.c') or fname.endswith('.h'):
         return parse_c(fname)
     else:
-        with open(fname) as f:
+        with open(fname, 'rt', errors='ignore') as f:
             if f.readline().strip().startswith('#!/usr/bin/env python'):
                 return parse_py(fname)
         return parse_generic(fname)