test suite work-around for python 2.5 requirement

From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Date: Jun 2, 2010, 23:23 UTC
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On 06/02/2010 01:21 AM, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> Heya,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 02:13, Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>> This test script depends on the git-remote-testgit python script.  This
>> python script makes use of the hashlib module which was released in python
>> version 2.5.  So, add a new pre-requisite named PYTHON_2_5_OR_NEWER to
>> test-lib.sh and check for it in t5800.
> 
> Perhaps instead we can change git-remote-testgit to do:
> 
> "try:
> import hashlib
> except ImportError:
> import ?? as hashlib
> "

Here's a work-around for the test suite until we figure out what ?? should be.

[PATCH 1/2] Makefile: add PYTHON_PATH to GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS [PATCH 2/2] t/t5800: skip if python version is older than 2.5