work around python bug on solaris 10.
write to file opened mode 'a+' should write to end of file and update
offset pointer, but does not (solaris 10 has python 2.3.3).
fix is to always seek.
syntax: glob
*.elc
*.orig
*.rej
*~
*.so
*.pyc
*.swp
*.prof
tests/*.err
build
dist
doc/*.[0-9]
doc/*.[0-9].gendoc.txt
doc/*.[0-9].{x,ht}ml
MANIFEST
patches
mercurial/__version__.py
syntax: regexp
^\.pc/