The problem where is that Visual Studio 8 includes new security features to help write more secure code.  One of these features is parameter validation.  Many of the CRT functions, including lseek, assert on illegal parameter values in debug builds.  They also call parameter validation callback routines that can be registered.  We solve this problem by defaulting the error value to -1 and then only calling lseek if the fd != -1.

my_seek.c:
  Only call lseek if the fd is not -1 on Windows

into  kite-hub.kitebird.com:/src/extern/MySQL/bk/mysql-5.1

  Backport option description change from 5.1 to 5.0.

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/gbichot/mysql-5.1-new

(nothing to document, this bug was not released).

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug17127

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug17127

into  mysql.com:/home/hartmut/projects/mysql/bk-clean/5.1

declared in the 'for' statement is not portable, some compilers
still don't implement this ANSI C++ specification (Bug #14995)

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug15961

New error message

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/gbichot/mysql-5.1-new

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/gbichot/mysql-5.1-new

into  zim.(none):/home/mikael/bug16370

  Revise option description. And let's put it in the proper
  lexical order within the option list.

New test case (bug was already fixed)

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  mysql.com:/usr/local/mysql/tmpbuild-5.1

  Small change to enable sending of mails from Windows bk clones

into  mysql.com:/usr/local/mysql/mysql-5.1-new

into  perch.ndb.mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-5.1-new

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/gbichot/mysql-5.1-new

- detect the need for row-based binlogging not at execution stage but earlier at parsing stage; needed for example for CREATE TABLE SELECT UUID().
- more tests of this mixed mode.

into  shellback.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-5.1

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.1-clean

into  production.mysql.com:/usersnfs/rburnett/mysql-5.1-bug17173