Merge kpdesk.mysql.com:/home/thek/dev/test23010/my40-bug23010

into  kpdesk.mysql.com:/home/thek/dev/mysql-4.0-maint

mysys/mf_iocache.c

@@ -313,11 +313,7 @@ my_bool reinit_io_cache(IO_CACHE *info, enum cache_type type,
       if (info->type == READ_CACHE)
       {
 	info->write_end=info->write_buffer+info->buffer_length;
-        /*
-          Trigger a new seek only if we have a valid
-          file handle.
-        */
-        info->seek_not_done= (info->file >= 0);
+	info->seek_not_done=1;
       }
       info->end_of_file = ~(my_off_t) 0;
     }

mysys/my_seek.c

@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ my_off_t my_seek(File fd, my_off_t pos, int whence,
 		   whence, MyFlags));
   DBUG_ASSERT(pos != MY_FILEPOS_ERROR);		/* safety check */
 
-  /*
-    Make sure we are using a valid file descriptor
-  */
-  DBUG_ASSERT(fd >= 0);
-  
   newpos=lseek(fd, pos, whence);
   if (newpos == (os_off_t) -1)
   {