--- a/mercurial/revlog.py	Mon Nov 30 13:47:29 2015 -0600
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py	Thu Dec 17 17:16:02 2015 -0800
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 # import stuff from node for others to import from revlog
 import collections
+import os
 from node import bin, hex, nullid, nullrev
 from i18n import _
 import ancestor, mdiff, parsers, error, util, templatefilters
@@ -1426,6 +1427,20 @@
         return node
 
     def _writeentry(self, transaction, ifh, dfh, entry, data, link, offset):
+        # Files opened in a+ mode have inconsistent behavior on various
+        # platforms. Windows requires that a file positioning call be made
+        # when the file handle transitions between reads and writes. See
+        # 3686fa2b8eee and the mixedfilemodewrapper in windows.py. On other
+        # platforms, Python or the platform itself can be buggy. Some versions
+        # of Solaris have been observed to not append at the end of the file
+        # if the file was seeked to before the end. See issue4943 for more.
+        #
+        # We work around this issue by inserting a seek() before writing.
+        # Note: This is likely not necessary on Python 3.
+        ifh.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
+	 if dfh:
+            dfh.seek(0, os.SEEK_END)
+
         curr = len(self) - 1
         if not self._inline:
             transaction.add(self.datafile, offset)