# HG changeset patch
# User Sol Jerome <sol.jerome@gmail.com>
# Date 2010-08-17 22:38:19
# Node ID ff5cec76b1c5b6be9c3bb923aae8c3c6d079d6b9
# Parent  c5fd25c1bc4a69156caaff435bce81fb5e9aded2

util: avoid using hashlib on Python < 2.5 (issue2278)

The following patch allows the use of python2.4 with a standalone
hashlib rather than assuming that python2.5 is in use when hashlib is
imported successfully.

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ def _fastsha1(s):
     # This function will import sha1 from hashlib or sha (whichever is
     # available) and overwrite itself with it on the first call.
     # Subsequent calls will go directly to the imported function.
-    try:
+    if sys.version_info >= (2, 5):
         from hashlib import sha1 as _sha1
-    except ImportError:
+    else:
         from sha import sha as _sha1
     global _fastsha1, sha1
     _fastsha1 = sha1 = _sha1