2 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/g++.py b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/g++.py
index 917229f..0745c03 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/g++.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/g++.py
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
 
 import os.path
 import re
+import subprocess
 
-import SCons.Defaults
 import SCons.Tool
 import SCons.Util
 
@@ -63,11 +63,23 @@ def generate(env):
         env['SHOBJSUFFIX'] = '.pic.o'
     # determine compiler version
     if env['CXX']:
-        line = os.popen(env['CXX'] + ' --version').readline()
+        try:
+            pipe = subprocess.Popen([env['CXX'], '--version'],
+                                    env=env['ENV'],
+                                    stderr = subprocess.PIPE,
+                                    stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+        except OSError:
+           return
+        # -dumpversion was added in GCC 3.0.  As long as we're supporting
+        # GCC versions older than that, we should use --version and a
+        # regular expression.
+        #line = pipe.stdout.read().strip()
+        #if line:
+        #    env['CXXVERSION'] = line
+        line = pipe.stdout.readline()
         match = re.search(r'[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+', line)
         if match:
             env['CXXVERSION'] = match.group(0)
 
-
 def exists(env):
     return env.Detect(compilers)
diff --git a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gcc.py b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gcc.py
index ad02e0d..4e81ba8 100644
--- a/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gcc.py
+++ b/src/engine/SCons/Tool/gcc.py
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ selection method.
 
 __revision__ = "__FILE__ __REVISION__ __DATE__ __DEVELOPER__"
 
-import SCons.Util
-
 import cc
 import os
 import re
+import subprocess
+
+import SCons.Util
 
 compilers = ['gcc', 'cc']
 
@@ -52,7 +53,20 @@ def generate(env):
         env['SHCCFLAGS'] = SCons.Util.CLVar('$CCFLAGS -fPIC')
     # determine compiler version
     if env['CC']:
-        line = os.popen(env['CC'] + ' --version').readline()
+        try:
+            pipe = subprocess.Popen([env['CC'], '--version'],
+                                    env=env['ENV'],
+                                    stderr = subprocess.PIPE,
+                                    stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
+        except OSError:
+           return
+        # -dumpversion was added in GCC 3.0.  As long as we're supporting
+        # GCC versions older than that, we should use --version and a
+        # regular expression.
+        #line = pipe.stdout.read().strip()
+        #if line:
+        #    env['CCVERSION'] = line
+        line = pipe.stdout.readline()
         match = re.search(r'[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+', line)
         if match:
             env['CCVERSION'] = match.group(0)