Attempts to run systemctl --version. Returns None if unable to determine
    version.

def version(context=None):
    '''
    Attempts to run systemctl --version. Returns None if unable to determine
    version.
    '''
    contextkey = 'salt.utils.systemd.version'
    if isinstance(context, dict):
        # Can't put this if block on the same line as the above if block,
        # because it will break the elif below.
        if contextkey in context:
            return context[contextkey]
    elif context is not None:
        raise SaltInvocationError('context must be a dictionary if passed')
    stdout = subprocess.Popen(
        ['systemctl', '--version'],
        close_fds=True,
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).communicate()[0]
    outstr = salt.utils.stringutils.to_str(stdout)
    try:
        ret = int(re.search(r'\w+ ([0-9]+)', outstr.splitlines()[0]).group(1))
    except (AttributeError, IndexError, ValueError):
        log.error(
            'Unable to determine systemd version from systemctl '
            '--version, output follows:\n%s', outstr
        )
        return None
    else:
        try:
            context[contextkey] = ret
        except TypeError:
            pass
        return ret