tests/test-hardlinks-safety.out

util: improved the check for the existence of the 'buffer' builtin

2to3 is unable to translate '__builtin__' calls to 'builtins' when
hasattr is used (as in hasattr(__builtin__, buffer)). Translating the
check to the format

try:
    whatever
except NameError
    # define whatever
    __builtin__.whatever = whatever

is a correct way of checking for the name and has the benefit of being
translated by 2to3. This patch implements the same idea for the
aforementioned example.

% no diff if hardlink
% init
adding foo to series file
applying foo
now at: foo
adding bar to series file
applying bar
now at: bar
430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe:foo
4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c:bar
%
foo
bar
%%%
430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe:foo
%
foo
patch foo finalized without changeset message
patch bar finalized without changeset message
%%%
4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c foo
430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe bar
%
4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c lfoo
430ed4828a74fa4047bc816a25500f7472ab4bfe lbar
%%%
4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c foo
%
4e7abb4840c46a910f6d7b4d3c3fc7e5209e684c lfoo