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convert: fix marshalling in P4 convert extension to use a binary stream

The Perforce convert extension uses the p4 -G command line option and
marshal.load to obtain information about the history of a Perforce depot.

The method marshal.load must be provided with a binary stream (mode='rb') in
order to function reliably. Certain changelist descriptions or other elements
in a depot history could trigger a premature EOFError, causing the conversion
process to fail.

This may resolve the issue discussed in the following thread:
http://www.selenic.com/pipermail/mercurial/2009-July/026813.html

Basic install:

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.