INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 3895f167093c6a237ad8337ebf8b3c56ee3700ad..ac7be769b4d4f04908a64592a5c3ad8c43c27e60 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ do
        -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--verb|--verbo|--verbos|--verbose)
                verbose=t; shift ;;
        --no-python)
-               no_python=t; shift ;;
+               # noop now...
+               shift ;;
        *)
                break ;;
        esac
@@ -210,18 +211,6 @@ GIT_EXEC_PATH=$(pwd)/..
 HOME=$(pwd)/trash
 export PATH GIT_EXEC_PATH HOME
 
-# Similarly use ../compat/subprocess.py if our python does not
-# have subprocess.py on its own.
-PYTHON=`sed -e '1{
-       s/^#!//
-       q
-}' ../git-merge-recursive-old` || {
-       error "You haven't built things yet, have you?"
-}
-"$PYTHON" -c 'import subprocess' 2>/dev/null || {
-       PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/../compat
-       export PYTHONPATH
-}
 GITPERLLIB=$(pwd)/../perl/blib/lib:$(pwd)/../perl/blib/arch/auto/Git
 export GITPERLLIB
 test -d ../templates/blt || {