python: fix the test asserting that reading the version succeeded

[obsolete/notmuch-old] / bindings / python / setup.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index 286fd1962187b6351036d54d547e69dd9c0b1016..0b407243d91abe84014b3f3d2fc09bb0b0c3555e 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import os
-import re
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 # get the notmuch version number without importing the notmuch module
-version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                             'notmuch', 'version.py')
-execfile(version_file)
-assert __VERSION__, 'Failed to read the notmuch binding version number'
+exec(compile(open(version_file).read(), version_file, 'exec'))
+assert '__VERSION__' in globals(), \
+    'Failed to read the notmuch binding version number'
 
 setup(name='notmuch',
       version=__VERSION__,