See this failing evergreen task. The relevant error is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "build/calc_release_version.py", line 205, in <module>
RELEASE_VER = previous(main()) if PREVIOUS else main()
File "build/calc_release_version.py", line 112, in main
head_tag_ver = check_head_tag()
File "build/calc_release_version.py", line 77, in check_head_tag
release_tag_match = RELEASE_TAG_RE.match(tag)
TypeError: cannot use a string pattern on a bytes-like object
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:10 (_message):
BUILD_VERSION not specified and could not be calculated (script invocation
failed); specify in CMake command, -DBUILD_VERSION=<version>
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:97 (message)