@@ -28,13 +28,28 @@ exclude_tests = []

 verbose = False

-if os.name == "posix":

+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/377017/test-if-executable-exists-in-python/377028#377028

+def which(program):

+    def is_exe(fpath):

+        return os.path.isfile(fpath) and os.access(fpath, os.X_OK)

+

+    fpath, fname = os.path.split(program)

+    if fpath:

+        if is_exe(program):

+            return program

+    else:

+        for path in os.environ["PATH"].split(os.pathsep):

+            path = path.strip('"')

+            exe_file = os.path.join(path, program)

+            if is_exe(exe_file):

+                return exe_file

+

+    return None

+

+if which('curl') is not None:

     have_curl = True

-elif os.name == "nt":

-    have_curl = False

 else:

-    print "Unknown platform: %s" % os.name

-    sys.exit(1)

+    have_curl = False

 config_file = None

 if os.getenv("HOME"):