--- meson-1.2.0.old/mesonbuild/compilers/detect.py
+++ meson-1.2.0/mesonbuild/compilers/detect.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
             arg = '--version'
             try:
                 p, out, err = Popen_safe(compiler + [arg])
-            except OSError as e:
+            except (FileNotFoundError, IOError, OSError) as e:
                 popen_exceptions[join_args(compiler + [arg])] = e
             version = search_version(out)
             match = re.search('^Target: (.*?)-', out, re.MULTILINE)