test ssl version check functions as expected in python 2.6

tests/test_help.py

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8
+
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from requests.help import info
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info[:2] != (2,6), reason="Only run on Python 2.6")
+def test_system_ssl_py26():
+    """OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER isn't provided in Python 2.6, verify we don't
+    blow up in this case.
+    """
+    assert info()['system_ssl'] == {'version': ''}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (2,7), reason="Only run on Python 2.7+")
+def test_system_ssl():
+    """Verify we're actually setting system_ssl when it should be available."""
+    assert info()['system_ssl']['version'] != ''