stream: adjusted code to allow compilation in python 2.4. It doesn't work though as the mmap implementation isn't advanced enough, but parent projects can at least import gitdb, and possibly use different implementations on demand

Author: Byron

ext/async

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def compressed_bytes_read(self):
 
 	#} END interface 
 
-	def seek(self, offset, whence=os.SEEK_SET):
+	def seek(self, offset, whence=getattr(os, 'SEEK_SET', 0)):
 		"""Allows to reset the stream to restart reading
 		:raise ValueError: If offset and whence are not 0"""
 		if offset != 0 or whence != os.SEEK_SET:
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ def read(self, count=0):
 		self._br += len(data)
 		return data
 
-	def seek(self, offset, whence=os.SEEK_SET):
+	def seek(self, offset, whence=getattr(os, 'SEEK_SET', 0)):
 		"""Allows to reset the stream to restart reading
 		
 		:raise ValueError: If offset and whence are not 0"""
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def write(self, data):
 	def close(self):
 		self.buf.write(self.zip.flush())
 
-	def seek(self, offset, whence=os.SEEK_SET):
+	def seek(self, offset, whence=getattr(os, 'SEEK_SET', 0)):
 		"""Seeking currently only supports to rewind written data
 		Multiple writes are not supported"""
 		if offset != 0 or whence != os.SEEK_SET: