It failed in python 2.x when $PATH contains a directory with non-ascii characters.
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ def get_exe_version(exe, args=['--version'],
or False if the executable is not present """
try:
out, _ = subprocess.Popen(
- [exe] + args,
+ [encodeArgument(exe)] + args,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()
except OSError:
return False