fix: patch in testing

[germa89]

Description

Recently we have seen some exceptions when trying to patch inexisting methods or attributes. This wasnt an issue before, but I guess something changed in #3987 or in #4005. I couldnt really figure out where. I guess it was in #3987.

Issue linked

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Summary by Sourcery

Fix mock patching of ansys.tools.path.path version retrieval in tests to match renamed function.

Bug Fixes:

• Replace deprecated _mapdl_version_from_path with _version_from_path in test decorators and fixtures.
• Use side_effect for the patched _version_from_path call in the version error test for consistent behavior.

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Reviewer's Guide

This PR updates test patches to align with the renamed version extraction function in ansys.tools.path.path, replacing all references to the deprecated “_mapdl_version_from_path” with the new “_version_from_path” and introducing side_effect in one test to better simulate version errors.

File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Refactor patch decorators to use the new version extraction function	Replaced all @patch targets from “_mapdl_version_from_path” to “_version_from_path” Updated import paths in tests for consistency Applied changes across both launcher and mapdl test modules	tests/test_launcher.py tests/test_mapdl.py
Introduce side_effect in one version‐error test to simulate failures	Converted single-line patch to multi-line decorator Switched lambda argument to side_effect parameter to raise version error	tests/test_launcher.py

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[germa89]

@pyansys-ci-bot LGTM.

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✅ Approving this PR because germa89 said so in here 😬

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Hey @germa89 - I've reviewed your changes and they look great!

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Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 89.12%. Comparing base (4494edd) to head (ff77bb5).
Report is 3 commits behind head on main.

Additional details and impacted files

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main    #4010      +/-   ##
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- Coverage   89.17%   89.12%   -0.05%     
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  Files         187      187              
  Lines       14970    14970              
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- Hits        13349    13342       -7     
- Misses       1621     1628       +7     

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