Merge with 4.0.20

BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok:
  auto-union
client/mysql.cc:
  Auto merged
client/mysqltest.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/btr/btr0btr.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/dict/dict0dict.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/dict/dict0load.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/eval/eval0eval.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/ibuf/ibuf0ibuf.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/include/ut0mem.h:
  Auto merged
innobase/lock/lock0lock.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0ins.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0mysql.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0sel.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0umod.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/row/row0upd.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/trx/trx0trx.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/ut/ut0dbg.c:
  Auto merged
innobase/ut/ut0mem.c:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_dynrec.c:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/r/innodb.result:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/fulltext.test:
  Auto merged
mysql-test/t/rpl_rotate_logs.test:
  Auto merged
scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_innodb.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/item_func.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/slave.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_class.h:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Auto merged
innobase/os/os0file.c:
  Merge with 4.0.20
  Ensure that we call F_UNLCK for files on which we call F_WRLCK.
  This is to ensure that this code will be portable accross most platforms.
myisam/ft_boolean_search.c:
  Merge with 4.0.20 (keep original file)
myisam/ft_parser.c:
  Merge with 4.0.20 (keep original file)
myisam/ftdefs.h:
  Merge with 4.0.20 (keep original file)

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/client/mysqltest.c b/client/mysqltest.c
index be5dac1c9d9..2cd395a02b8 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.c
+++ b/client/mysqltest.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ int do_sync_with_master2(const char* p)
   MYSQL_ROW row;
   MYSQL* mysql = &cur_con->mysql;
   char query_buf[FN_REFLEN+128];
-  int offset = 0;
+  int offset= 0, tries= 0;
   int rpl_parse;
 
   if (!master_pos.file[0])
@@ -1112,6 +1112,9 @@ int do_sync_with_master2(const char* p)
 
   sprintf(query_buf, "select master_pos_wait('%s', %ld)", master_pos.file,
 	  master_pos.pos + offset);
+
+wait_for_position:
+
   if (mysql_query(mysql, query_buf))
     die("line %u: failed in %s: %d: %s", start_lineno, query_buf,
 	mysql_errno(mysql), mysql_error(mysql));
@@ -1122,8 +1125,20 @@ int do_sync_with_master2(const char* p)
   if (!(row = mysql_fetch_row(res)))
     die("line %u: empty result in %s", start_lineno, query_buf);
   if (!row[0])
-    die("line %u: could not sync with master ('%s' returned NULL)", 
-        start_lineno, query_buf);
+  {
+    /*
+      It may be that the slave SQL thread has not started yet, though START
+      SLAVE has been issued ?
+    */
+    if (tries++ == 3)
+    {
+      die("line %u: could not sync with master ('%s' returned NULL)", 
+          start_lineno, query_buf);
+    }
+    sleep(1); /* So at most we will wait 3 seconds and make 4 tries */
+    mysql_free_result(res);
+    goto wait_for_position;
+  }
   mysql_free_result(res);
   last_result=0;
   if (rpl_parse)