Fix needed to support MERGE tables in different databases

mysql-test/r/merge.result:
  Test of MERGE table patch
mysql-test/t/merge.test:
  Test of MERGE table patch

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mysys/my_symlink.c b/mysys/my_symlink.c
index abef0096e28..b9468d42cfc 100644
--- a/mysys/my_symlink.c
+++ b/mysys/my_symlink.c
@@ -123,20 +123,22 @@ int my_realpath(char *to, const char *filename,
     }
     else
     {
-      /* Realpath didn't work;  Use original name */
+      /*
+	Realpath didn't work;  Use my_load_path() which is a poor substitute
+	original name but will at least be able to resolve paths that starts
+	with '.'.
+      */
       DBUG_PRINT("error",("realpath failed with errno: %d", errno));
       my_errno=errno;
       if (MyFlags & MY_WME)
 	my_error(EE_REALPATH, MYF(0), filename, my_errno);
-      if (to != filename)
-	strmov(to,filename);
+      my_load_path(to, filename, NullS);
       result= -1;
     }
   }
   DBUG_RETURN(result);
 #else
-  if (to != filename)
-    strmov(to,filename);
+  my_load_path(to, filename, NullS);
   return 0;
 #endif
 }