From bf806a0be3b07f5858aa55390b6792fe1bf07f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:57:02 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Better util/sys fallback with try/catch instead of version
 magic.

---
 lib/util.js | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 599c97af66..fc255ae953 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-// Support for very old versions of node.  At some point, we should abandon this.
-var minor = process.versions.node.split('.')[1];
-if (minor > 2) {
-    module.exports = require("util");
-} else {
-    module.exports = require("sys");
+// Support for very old versions of node where the module was called "sys".  At some point, we should abandon this.
+
+var util;
+
+try {
+    util = require("util");
+} catch (err) {
+    util = require("sys");
 }
+
+module.exports = util;