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check(41, "NumericalAlgebraicGeometry") fails when Bertini is installed

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Description

```m2
i1 : check(41, "NumericalAlgebraicGeometry")
-- running check(41, "NumericalAlgebraicGeometry") -- running failed
-- error log: /tmp/M2-17591-0/1.tmp:0:1:(3):[15]: /usr/share/Macaulay2/NumericalAlgebraicGeometry/Bertini/Bertini.test.m2:29:14:(3):[5]: error: no method found for applying bertiniRefineSols to:
-- argument 1 : 302 (of class ZZ)
-- 2 2
-- argument 2 : {x + y - 1, x*y} (of class List)
-- argument 3 : {{1, 1e-8}} (of class List)
--
-- input code: /usr/share/Macaulay2/NumericalAlgebraicGeometry.m2:533:5-536:3
*** error: M2 exited with status code 1
```

The method for `bertiniRefineSols` that we're trying to call was removed in #3121.

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