Python 2.5 and older do not accept None as the first argument to translate() and complain with: TypeError: expected a character buffer object Satisfy this older python by calling maketrans() to generate an empty translation table and supplying that to translate(). This allows git-p4 to be used with Python 2.5. Signed-off-by: Brandon Casey <bcasey@xxxxxxxxxx> --- INSTALL | 2 +- git-p4.py | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 28f34bd..fc723b3 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Issues of note: use English. Under autoconf the configure script will do this automatically if it can't find libintl on the system. - - Python version 2.6 or later is needed to use the git-p4 + - Python version 2.5 or later is needed to use the git-p4 interface to Perforce. - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules, diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py index 2da5649..4f95d7a 100755 --- a/git-p4.py +++ b/git-p4.py @@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ def wildcard_encode(path): return path def wildcard_present(path): - return path.translate(None, "*#@%") != path + from string import maketrans + return path.translate(maketrans("",""), "*#@%") != path class Command: def __init__(self): -- 1.8.1.1.297.gad3d74e ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html