[MERGE] Implement bzrlib.lock with CreateFile rather than LockFileEx on win32 (operational part)

[Martin (gzlist)]

2009/6/25 John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com>:
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> I added this NEWS entry, and I wanted to make sure it was correct:
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> * OS file locks are now taken out using ``CreateFile`` rather than
>  ``LockFileEx`` on Windows. The locking remains exclusive with
>  ``LockFileEx`` but now it also works on older versions of Windows
>  (such as Win98). (Martin <gzlist>)
>
> Does that fit what this patch is about?

Looks good to me, thanks!

Martin


On 25/06/2009, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
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> Alexander Belchenko wrote:
>> bb:approve
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>> This is definitely improvements: it works fine on all Windows 2K/Xp and
>> Windows 98.
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>> I have no Vista to test.
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>> John, can you look and approve this patch, please?
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>
> I added this NEWS entry, and I wanted to make sure it was correct:
>
> * OS file locks are now taken out using ``CreateFile`` rather than
>   ``LockFileEx`` on Windows. The locking remains exclusive with
>   ``LockFileEx`` but now it also works on older versions of Windows
>   (such as Win98). (Martin <gzlist>)
>
> Does that fit what this patch is about?
>
> John
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