[repository,tests] use the new connection api (part 1/2) `add_info` should not play with the cnxset nor the mode. Static analysis showed that: * add_info is an internal api called with a non-none cnx.cnxset and also in write mode * only the altered test violated this assumption, which is now somewhat documented

import ConfigParser
try:
    undo_actions = config.cfgfile_parser.get('MAIN', 'undo-support', False)
except ConfigParser.NoOptionError:
    pass # this conf. file was probably already migrated
else:
    config.global_set_option('undo-enabled', bool(undo_actions))