# HG changeset patch
# User Patrick Mezard <pmezard@gmail.com>
# Date 2010-10-09 20:13:08
# Node ID 9b324c5e62733691e9099bb0eb25995f81b65f17
# Parent  1b4e3152da13f46d56d5a7842e275a81e5088ed8

util: remove needbinary(), no longer used for external patching

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -716,10 +716,6 @@ def checklink(path):
     except (OSError, AttributeError):
         return False
 
-def needbinarypatch():
-    """return True if patches should be applied in binary mode by default."""
-    return os.name == 'nt'
-
 def endswithsep(path):
     '''Check path ends with os.sep or os.altsep.'''
     return path.endswith(os.sep) or os.altsep and path.endswith(os.altsep)