WL#3817: Simplify string / memory area types and make things more consistent (first part)

The following type conversions was done:

- Changed byte to uchar
- Changed gptr to uchar*
- Change my_string to char *
- Change my_size_t to size_t
- Change size_s to size_t

Removed declaration of byte, gptr, my_string, my_size_t and size_s. 

Following function parameter changes was done:
- All string functions in mysys/strings was changed to use size_t
  instead of uint for string lengths.
- All read()/write() functions changed to use size_t (including vio).
- All protocoll functions changed to use size_t instead of uint
- Functions that used a pointer to a string length was changed to use size_t*
- Changed malloc(), free() and related functions from using gptr to use void *
  as this requires fewer casts in the code and is more in line with how the
  standard functions work.
- Added extra length argument to dirname_part() to return the length of the
  created string.
- Changed (at least) following functions to take uchar* as argument:
  - db_dump()
  - my_net_write()
  - net_write_command()
  - net_store_data()
  - DBUG_DUMP()
  - decimal2bin() & bin2decimal()
- Changed my_compress() and my_uncompress() to use size_t. Changed one
  argument to my_uncompress() from a pointer to a value as we only return
  one value (makes function easier to use).
- Changed type of 'pack_data' argument to packfrm() to avoid casts.
- Changed in readfrm() and writefrom(), ha_discover and handler::discover()
  the type for argument 'frmdata' to uchar** to avoid casts.
- Changed most Field functions to use uchar* instead of char* (reduced a lot of
  casts).
- Changed field->val_xxx(xxx, new_ptr) to take const pointers.

Other changes:
- Removed a lot of not needed casts
- Added a few new cast required by other changes
- Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety (as string lengths
  needs to be uint, not size_t).
- Fixed all calls to hash-get-key functions to use size_t*. (Needed to be done
  explicitely as this conflict was often hided by casting the function to
  hash_get_key).
- Changed some buffers to memory regions to uchar* to avoid casts.
- Changed some string lengths from uint to size_t.
- Changed field->ptr to be uchar* instead of char*. This allowed us to
  get rid of a lot of casts.
- Some changes from true -> TRUE, false -> FALSE, unsigned char -> uchar
- Include zlib.h in some files as we needed declaration of crc32()
- Changed MY_FILE_ERROR to be (size_t) -1.
- Changed many variables to hold the result of my_read() / my_write() to be
  size_t. This was needed to properly detect errors (which are
  returned as (size_t) -1).
- Removed some very old VMS code
- Changed packfrm()/unpackfrm() to not be depending on uint size
  (portability fix)
- Removed windows specific code to restore cursor position as this
  causes slowdown on windows and we should not mix read() and pread()
  calls anyway as this is not thread safe. Updated function comment to
  reflect this. Changed function that depended on original behavior of
  my_pwrite() to itself restore the cursor position (one such case).
- Added some missing checking of return value of malloc().
- Changed definition of MOD_PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH to avoid 'long' overflow.
- Changed type of table_def::m_size from my_size_t to ulong to reflect that
  m_size is the number of elements in the array, not a string/memory
  length.
- Moved THD::max_row_length() to table.cc (as it's not depending on THD).
  Inlined max_row_length_blob() into this function.
- More function comments
- Fixed some compiler warnings when compiled without partitions.
- Removed setting of LEX_STRING() arguments in declaration (portability fix).
- Some trivial indentation/variable name changes.
- Some trivial code simplifications:
  - Replaced some calls to alloc_root + memcpy to use
    strmake_root()/strdup_root().
  - Changed some calls from memdup() to strmake() (Safety fix)
  - Simpler loops in client-simple.c


BitKeeper/etc/ignore:
  added libmysqld/ha_ndbcluster_cond.cc
  ---
  added debian/defs.mk debian/control
client/completion_hash.cc:
  Remove not needed casts
client/my_readline.h:
  Remove some old types
client/mysql.cc:
  Simplify types
client/mysql_upgrade.c:
  Remove some old types
  Update call to dirname_part
client/mysqladmin.cc:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlbinlog.cc:
  Remove some old types
  Change some buffers to be uchar to avoid casts
client/mysqlcheck.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqldump.c:
  Remove some old types
  Remove some not needed casts
  Change some string lengths to size_t
client/mysqlimport.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlshow.c:
  Remove some old types
client/mysqlslap.c:
  Remove some old types
  Remove some not needed casts
client/mysqltest.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
client/readline.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
client/sql_string.cc:
  Removed some old types
dbug/dbug.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some prototypes to avoid casts
extra/comp_err.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/innochecksum.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/my_print_defaults.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/mysql_waitpid.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/perror.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/replace.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
extra/resolve_stack_dump.c:
  Removed some old types
extra/resolveip.c:
  Removed some old types
include/config-win.h:
  Removed some old types
include/decimal.h:
  Changed binary strings to be uchar* instead of char*
include/ft_global.h:
  Removed some old types
include/hash.h:
  Removed some old types
include/heap.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed records_under_level to be 'ulong' instead of 'uint' to clarify usage of variable
include/keycache.h:
  Removed some old types
include/m_ctype.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
include/m_string.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_alloc.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_base.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_dbug.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed db_dump() to take uchar * as argument for memory to reduce number of casts in usage
include/my_getopt.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_global.h:
  Removed old types:
  my_size_t -> size_t
  byte -> uchar
  gptr -> uchar *
include/my_list.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_nosys.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_pthread.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_sys.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed MY_FILE_ERROR to be in line with new definitions of my_write()/my_read()
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  my_malloc() / my_free() now uses void *
  Updated parameters to dirname_part() & my_uncompress()
include/my_tree.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_trie.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_user.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/my_vle.h:
  Removed some old types
include/my_xml.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
include/myisam.h:
  Removed some old types
include/myisammrg.h:
  Removed some old types
include/mysql.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed byte streams to use uchar* instead of char*
include/mysql_com.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
include/queues.h:
  Removed some old types
include/sql_common.h:
  Removed some old types
include/sslopt-longopts.h:
  Removed some old types
include/violite.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
libmysql/client_settings.h:
  Removed some old types
libmysql/libmysql.c:
  Removed some old types
libmysql/manager.c:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/emb_qcache.cc:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/emb_qcache.h:
  Removed some old types
libmysqld/lib_sql.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  true -> TRUE, false -> FALSE
mysys/array.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/charset.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/checksum.c:
  Include zlib to get definition for crc32
  Removed some old types
mysys/default.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/default_modify.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
mysys/hash.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Note: Prototype of hash_key() has changed which may cause problems if client uses hash_init() with a cast for the hash-get-key function.
  hash_element now takes 'ulong' as the index type (cleanup)
mysys/list.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_cache.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/mf_dirname.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added argument to dirname_part() to avoid calculation of length for 'to'
mysys/mf_fn_ext.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
mysys/mf_format.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/mf_getdate.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_iocache.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed calculation of 'max_length' to be done the same way in all functions
mysys/mf_iocache2.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Clean up comments
  Removed not needed indentation
mysys/mf_keycache.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_keycaches.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_loadpath.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_pack.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
  Removed very old VMS code
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
  Use result of dirnam_part() to remove call to strcat()
mysys/mf_path.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_radix.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_same.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_sort.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_soundex.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_strip.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_tempdir.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_unixpath.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mf_wfile.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/mulalloc.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_alloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed argument 'Size' to 'length' according coding guidelines
mysys/my_chsize.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
mysys/my_compress.c:
  More comments
  Removed some old types
  Changed string lengths to use size_t
  Changed arguments to my_uncompress() to make them easier to understand
  Changed packfrm()/unpackfrm() to not be depending on uint size (portability fix)
  Changed type of 'pack_data' argument to packfrm() to avoid casts.
mysys/my_conio.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/my_create.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_div.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_error.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_fopen.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_fstream.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  writen -> written
mysys/my_getopt.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_getwd.c:
  Removed some old types
  More comments
mysys/my_init.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_largepage.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
mysys/my_lib.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_lockmem.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_malloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_memmem.c:
  Indentation cleanup
mysys/my_once.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
mysys/my_open.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_pread.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
  Added comment for how my_pread() / my_pwrite() are supposed to work.
  Removed windows specific code to restore cursor position as this causes slowdown on windows and we should not mix read() and pread() calls anyway as this is not thread safe.
  (If we ever would really need this, it should be enabled only with a flag argument)
mysys/my_quick.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_read.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_realloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/my_static.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_static.h:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_vle.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_wincond.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_windac.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/my_write.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/ptr_cmp.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/queues.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/safemalloc.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/string.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
mysys/testhash.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/thr_alarm.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/thr_lock.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/tree.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/trie.c:
  Removed some old types
mysys/typelib.c:
  Removed some old types
plugin/daemon_example/daemon_example.cc:
  Removed some old types
regex/reginit.c:
  Removed some old types
server-tools/instance-manager/buffer.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/buffer.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/commands.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/instance_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/instance_options.cc:
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
  Replaced alloc_root + strcpy() with strdup_root()
server-tools/instance-manager/mysql_connection.cc:
  Changed buffer to be of type uchar*
server-tools/instance-manager/options.cc:
  Removed some old types
server-tools/instance-manager/parse.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/parse.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/protocol.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/protocol.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
server-tools/instance-manager/user_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/derror.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/discover.cc:
  Changed in readfrm() and writefrom() the type for argument 'frmdata' to uchar** to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/event_data_objects.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
sql/event_db_repository.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for sprintf()
sql/event_queue.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/field.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar*
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed a lot of casts
  Safety fix in Field_blob::val_decimal() to not access zero pointer
sql/field.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar* (except of store() as this would have caused too many other changes). 
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed val_xxx(xxx, new_ptr) to take const pointers
sql/field_conv.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added casts required because memory area pointers are now uchar*
sql/filesort.cc:
  Initalize variable that was used unitialized in error conditions
sql/gen_lex_hash.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed memory buffers to be uchar*
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Removed a lot of casts
  Safety fix in Field_blob::val_decimal() to not access zero pointer
sql/gstream.h:
  Added required cast
sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added required casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/ha_ndbcluster.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Replaced sql_alloc() + memcpy() + set end 0 with sql_strmake()
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
sql/ha_ndbcluster_binlog.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_ndbcluster_cond.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/ha_ndbcluster_cond.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/ha_partition.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed prototype for change_partition() to avoid casts
sql/ha_partition.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/handler.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/handler.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed type for 'frmblob' parameter for discover() and ha_discover() to get fewer casts
sql/hash_filo.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed all functions to use size_t
sql/hostname.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Use strmake() instead of memdup() to create a null terminated string.
  Updated calls to new Field()
sql/item.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/item_cmpfunc.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/item_cmpfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_create.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_func.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added test for failing alloc() in init_result_field()
  Remove old confusing comment
  Fixed compiler warning
sql/item_func.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_row.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_row.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_strfunc.cc:
  Include zlib (needed becasue we call crc32)
  Removed some old types
sql/item_strfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some types to match new function prototypes
sql/item_subselect.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_subselect.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_sum.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/item_sum.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_timefunc.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/item_timefunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/item_xmlfunc.cc:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/item_xmlfunc.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/key.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/lock.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/log.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed usage of pwrite() to not assume it holds the cursor position for the file
  Made usage of my_read() safer
sql/log_event.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added checking of return value of malloc() in pack_info()
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some 'const' to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for alloc() and sprintf()
  Added required casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/log_event.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/log_event_old.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/log_event_old.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/mf_iocache.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/my_decimal.cc:
  Changed memory area to use uchar*
sql/my_decimal.h:
  Changed memory area to use uchar*
sql/mysql_priv.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed definition of MOD_PAD_CHAR_TO_FULL_LENGTH to avoid long overflow
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/mysqld.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/net_serv.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Ensure that vio_read()/vio_write() return values are stored in a size_t variable
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/opt_range.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/opt_range.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/opt_sum.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/parse_file.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed alloc_root + memcpy + set end 0 -> strmake_root()
sql/parse_file.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/partition_info.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/partition_info.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/protocol.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/protocol.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/records.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/repl_failsafe.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added required casts
sql/rpl_filter.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/rpl_filter.h:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/rpl_injector.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_record.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/rpl_record.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/rpl_record_old.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/rpl_record_old.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid cast
sql/rpl_rli.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_tblmap.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_tblmap.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_utility.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/rpl_utility.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type of m_size from my_size_t to ulong to reflect that m_size is the number of elements in the array, not a string/memory length
sql/set_var.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
sql/set_var.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/slave.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/slave.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
sql/sp.h:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_cache.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_head.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
  Added required casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sp_head.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp_pcontext.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sp_pcontext.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_acl.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added required casts
sql/sql_analyse.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_analyse.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_array.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_base.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_binlog.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for printf()
sql/sql_cache.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/sql_cache.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed reference to not existing function cache_key()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_class.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Moved THD::max_row_length() to table.cc (as it's not depending on THD)
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_class.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed malloc(), free() and related functions to use void *
  Removed some not needed casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Moved max_row_length and max_row_length_blob() to table.cc, as they are not depending on THD
sql/sql_connect.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added required casts
sql/sql_db.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_delete.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_handler.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added some cast to my_multi_malloc() arguments for safety
sql/sql_help.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_insert.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
sql/sql_lex.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_lex.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_list.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_load.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warning
sql/sql_manager.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_map.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_map.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_olap.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_parse.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Trivial move of code lines to make things more readable
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_partition.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warnings about not used functions
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_partition.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_plugin.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_prepare.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
sql-common/client.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some memory areas to use uchar*
sql-common/my_user.c:
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql-common/pack.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_repl.cc:
  Added required casts
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/sql_select.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_select.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/sql_servers.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_show.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_string.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added required casts
sql/sql_table.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed compiler warning about not used variable
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_test.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_trigger.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/sql_udf.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
sql/sql_union.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_update.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/sql_view.cc:
  Removed some old types
sql/sql_yacc.yy:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
  Added missing casts for alloc()
sql/stacktrace.c:
  Removed some old types
sql/stacktrace.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/structs.h:
  Removed some old types
sql/table.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed setting of LEX_STRING() arguments in declaration
  Added required casts
  More function comments
  Moved max_row_length() here from sql_class.cc/sql_class.h
sql/table.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
sql/thr_malloc.cc:
  Use void* as type for allocated memory area
  Changed all functions to use size_t
sql/tzfile.h:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
sql/tztime.cc:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc()
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/uniques.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
sql/unireg.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
  Removed some not needed casts
  Added missing casts for alloc()
storage/archive/archive_reader.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/archive/azio.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/archive/ha_archive.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type for 'frmblob' in archive_discover() to match handler
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/archive/ha_archive.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/blackhole/ha_blackhole.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/blackhole/ha_blackhole.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/csv/ha_tina.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/csv/ha_tina.h:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/csv/transparent_file.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Changed type of 'bytes_read' to be able to detect read errors
  Fixed indentation
storage/csv/transparent_file.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/example/ha_example.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
storage/example/ha_example.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/federated/ha_federated.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/federated/ha_federated.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/_check.c:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/heap/_rectest.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/ha_heap.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/ha_heap.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/heapdef.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_block.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
storage/heap/hp_clear.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_create.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_hash.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_info.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_open.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_scan.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_test1.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_test2.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/heap/hp_write.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some string lengths to use size_t
storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.cc:
  Removed some old types
  Updated hash-get-key function arguments
  Added missing casts for alloc() and printf()
  Removed some not needed casts
storage/innobase/handler/ha_innodb.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_nlq_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_parser.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/ft_static.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_stopwords.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ft_update.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/ftdefs.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/fulltext.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/ha_myisam.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_cache.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/mi_check.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_checksum.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_create.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_delete_all.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_dynrec.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_extra.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_key.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_locking.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_log.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_open.c:
  Removed some old types
  Removed some not needed casts
  Check argument of my_write()/my_pwrite() in functions returning int
  Added casting of string lengths to size_t
storage/myisam/mi_packrec.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts
storage/myisam/mi_page.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_preload.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_range.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rnext_same.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_rsamepos.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_scan.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_search.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_static.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_statrec.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test1.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test2.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_test3.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_unique.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/mi_write.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisam_ftdump.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamchk.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamdef.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/myisamlog.c:
  Removed some old types
  Indentation fix
storage/myisam/myisampack.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/rt_index.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/rt_split.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sort.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sp_defs.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisam/sp_key.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.cc:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_close.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_def.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_delete.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_open.c:
  Removed some old types
  Updated parameters to dirname_part()
storage/myisammrg/myrg_queue.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rfirst.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rkey.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rlast.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rnext.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rnext_same.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rprev.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rrnd.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_rsame.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_update.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/myisammrg/myrg_write.c:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/include/util/ndb_opts.h:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/cw/cpcd/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/kernel/vm/Configuration.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/mgmclient/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/InitConfigFileParser.cpp:
  Removed some old types
  Removed old disabled code
storage/ndb/src/mgmsrv/main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbBlob.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbOperationDefine.cpp:
  Removed not used variable
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbOperationInt.cpp:
  Added required casts
storage/ndb/src/ndbapi/NdbScanOperation.cpp:
  Added required casts
storage/ndb/tools/delete_all.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/desc.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/drop_index.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/drop_tab.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/listTables.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/ndb_config.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/restore/consumer_restore.cpp:
  Changed some buffers to be uchar* to avoid casts with new defintion of packfrm()
storage/ndb/tools/restore/restore_main.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/select_all.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/select_count.cpp:
  Removed some old types
storage/ndb/tools/waiter.cpp:
  Removed some old types
strings/bchange.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bcmp.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bmove512.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/bmove_upp.c:
  Changed function to use uchar * and size_t
strings/ctype-big5.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-bin.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype-cp932.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-czech.c:
  Fixed indentation
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype-euc_kr.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-eucjpms.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-gb2312.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-gbk.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-latin1.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-mb.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-simple.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Simpler loops for caseup/casedown
  unsigned int -> uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-sjis.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-tis620.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-uca.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-ucs2.c:
  Moved inclusion of stdarg.h to other includes
  usigned char -> uchar
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
strings/ctype-ujis.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Changed character length functions to return uint
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/ctype-utf8.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  unsigned char -> uchar
  Indentation fixes
strings/ctype-win1250ch.c:
  Indentation fixes
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/ctype.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/decimal.c:
  Changed type for memory argument to uchar *
strings/do_ctype.c:
  Indentation fixes
strings/my_strtoll10.c:
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/my_vsnprintf.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/r_strinstr.c:
  Removed some old types
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/str_test.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strappend.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strcont.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strfill.c:
  Removed some old types
strings/strinstr.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strlen.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strmake.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strnlen.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strnmov.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strto.c:
  unsigned char -> uchar
strings/strtod.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/strxnmov.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
strings/xml.c:
  Changed functions to use size_t
  Indentation fixes
tests/mysql_client_test.c:
  Removed some old types
tests/thread_test.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-ssl.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-sslclient.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/test-sslserver.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/vio.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/vio_priv.h:
  Removed some old types
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
vio/viosocket.c:
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
  Indentation fixes
vio/viossl.c:
  Changed vio_read()/vio_write() to work with size_t
  Indentation fixes
vio/viosslfactories.c:
  Removed some old types
vio/viotest-ssl.c:
  Removed some old types
win/README:
  More explanations

1 files changed, 414 insertions, 414 deletions

diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 796dc72a98d..7a4601c34fd 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ void clean_up(bool print_message)
   if (tc_log)
     tc_log->close();
   xid_cache_free();
-  delete_elements(&key_caches, (void (*)(const char*, gptr)) free_key_cache);
+  delete_elements(&key_caches, (void (*)(const char*, uchar*)) free_key_cache);
   multi_keycache_free();
   free_status_vars();
   end_thr_alarm(1);			/* Free allocated memory */
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ void clean_up(bool print_message)
 #endif
   thread_scheduler.end();
   finish_client_errs();
-  my_free((gptr) my_error_unregister(ER_ERROR_FIRST, ER_ERROR_LAST),
+  my_free((uchar*) my_error_unregister(ER_ERROR_FIRST, ER_ERROR_LAST),
           MYF(MY_WME | MY_FAE | MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
   DBUG_PRINT("quit", ("Error messages freed"));
   /* Tell main we are ready */
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ the thread stack. Please read http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Linux.html\n\n",
   if (!(test_flags & TEST_NO_STACKTRACE))
   {
     fprintf(stderr,"thd: 0x%lx\n",(long) thd);
-    print_stacktrace(thd ? (gptr) thd->thread_stack : (gptr) 0,
+    print_stacktrace(thd ? (uchar*) thd->thread_stack : (uchar*) 0,
 		     thread_stack);
   }
   if (thd)
@@ -2627,7 +2627,7 @@ static void *my_str_malloc_mysqld(size_t size)
 
 static void my_str_free_mysqld(void *ptr)
 {
-  my_free((gptr)ptr, MYF(MY_FAE));
+  my_free((uchar*)ptr, MYF(MY_FAE));
 }
 #endif /* EMBEDDED_LIBRARY */
 
@@ -5067,12 +5067,12 @@ enum options_mysqld
 struct my_option my_long_options[] =
 {
   {"help", '?', "Display this help and exit.", 
-   (gptr*) &opt_help, (gptr*) &opt_help, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_help, (uchar**) &opt_help, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   {"abort-slave-event-count", OPT_ABORT_SLAVE_EVENT_COUNT,
    "Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of replication.",
-   (gptr*) &abort_slave_event_count,  (gptr*) &abort_slave_event_count,
+   (uchar**) &abort_slave_event_count,  (uchar**) &abort_slave_event_count,
    0, GET_INT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif /* HAVE_REPLICATION */
   {"allow-suspicious-udfs", OPT_ALLOW_SUSPICIOUS_UDFS,
@@ -5080,33 +5080,33 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    "without corresponding xxx_init() or xxx_deinit(). That also means "
    "that one can load any function from any library, for example exit() "
    "from libc.so",
-   (gptr*) &opt_allow_suspicious_udfs, (gptr*) &opt_allow_suspicious_udfs,
+   (uchar**) &opt_allow_suspicious_udfs, (uchar**) &opt_allow_suspicious_udfs,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ansi", 'a', "Use ANSI SQL syntax instead of MySQL syntax. This mode will also set transaction isolation level 'serializable'.", 0, 0, 0,
    GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"auto-increment-increment", OPT_AUTO_INCREMENT,
    "Auto-increment columns are incremented by this",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.auto_increment_increment,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.auto_increment_increment, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.auto_increment_increment,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.auto_increment_increment, 0, GET_ULONG,
    OPT_ARG, 1, 1, 65535, 0, 1, 0 },
   {"auto-increment-offset", OPT_AUTO_INCREMENT_OFFSET,
    "Offset added to Auto-increment columns. Used when auto-increment-increment != 1",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.auto_increment_offset,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.auto_increment_offset, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.auto_increment_offset,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.auto_increment_offset, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG,
    1, 1, 65535, 0, 1, 0 },
   {"automatic-sp-privileges", OPT_SP_AUTOMATIC_PRIVILEGES,
    "Creating and dropping stored procedures alters ACLs. Disable with --skip-automatic-sp-privileges.",
-   (gptr*) &sp_automatic_privileges, (gptr*) &sp_automatic_privileges,
+   (uchar**) &sp_automatic_privileges, (uchar**) &sp_automatic_privileges,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"basedir", 'b',
    "Path to installation directory. All paths are usually resolved relative to this.",
-   (gptr*) &mysql_home_ptr, (gptr*) &mysql_home_ptr, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &mysql_home_ptr, (uchar**) &mysql_home_ptr, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"big-tables", OPT_BIG_TABLES,
    "Allow big result sets by saving all temporary sets on file (Solves most 'table full' errors).",
    0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"bind-address", OPT_BIND_ADDRESS, "IP address to bind to.",
-   (gptr*) &my_bind_addr_str, (gptr*) &my_bind_addr_str, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &my_bind_addr_str, (uchar**) &my_bind_addr_str, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"binlog_format", OPT_BINLOG_FORMAT,
    "Does not have any effect without '--log-bin'. "
@@ -5120,7 +5120,7 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    "If ndbcluster is enabled and binlog_format is `mixed', the format switches"
    " to 'row' and back implicitly per each query accessing a NDB table."
 #endif
-   ,(gptr*) &opt_binlog_format, (gptr*) &opt_binlog_format,
+   ,(uchar**) &opt_binlog_format, (uchar**) &opt_binlog_format,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, BINLOG_FORMAT_MIXED, BINLOG_FORMAT_STMT,
    BINLOG_FORMAT_MIXED, 0, 0, 0},
   {"binlog-do-db", OPT_BINLOG_DO_DB,
@@ -5133,8 +5133,8 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    "The maximum size of a row-based binary log event in bytes. Rows will be "
    "grouped into events smaller than this size if possible. "
    "The value has to be a multiple of 256.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_binlog_rows_event_max_size, 
-   (gptr*) &opt_binlog_rows_event_max_size, 0, 
+   (uchar**) &opt_binlog_rows_event_max_size, 
+   (uchar**) &opt_binlog_rows_event_max_size, 0, 
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 
    /* def_value */ 1024, /* min_value */  256, /* max_value */ ULONG_MAX, 
    /* sub_size */     0, /* block_size */ 256, 
@@ -5146,61 +5146,61 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
 #endif
   {"character-set-client-handshake", OPT_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT_HANDSHAKE,
    "Don't ignore client side character set value sent during handshake.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_character_set_client_handshake,
-   (gptr*) &opt_character_set_client_handshake,
+   (uchar**) &opt_character_set_client_handshake,
+   (uchar**) &opt_character_set_client_handshake,
     0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"character-set-filesystem", OPT_CHARACTER_SET_FILESYSTEM,
    "Set the filesystem character set.",
-   (gptr*) &character_set_filesystem_name,
-   (gptr*) &character_set_filesystem_name,
+   (uchar**) &character_set_filesystem_name,
+   (uchar**) &character_set_filesystem_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"character-set-server", 'C', "Set the default character set.",
-   (gptr*) &default_character_set_name, (gptr*) &default_character_set_name,
+   (uchar**) &default_character_set_name, (uchar**) &default_character_set_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"character-sets-dir", OPT_CHARSETS_DIR,
-   "Directory where character sets are.", (gptr*) &charsets_dir,
-   (gptr*) &charsets_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "Directory where character sets are.", (uchar**) &charsets_dir,
+   (uchar**) &charsets_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"chroot", 'r', "Chroot mysqld daemon during startup.",
-   (gptr*) &mysqld_chroot, (gptr*) &mysqld_chroot, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &mysqld_chroot, (uchar**) &mysqld_chroot, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"collation-server", OPT_DEFAULT_COLLATION, "Set the default collation.",
-   (gptr*) &default_collation_name, (gptr*) &default_collation_name,
+   (uchar**) &default_collation_name, (uchar**) &default_collation_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"completion-type", OPT_COMPLETION_TYPE, "Default completion type.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.completion_type,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.completion_type, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.completion_type,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.completion_type, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0},
   {"concurrent-insert", OPT_CONCURRENT_INSERT,
    "Use concurrent insert with MyISAM. Disable with --concurrent-insert=0",
-   (gptr*) &myisam_concurrent_insert, (gptr*) &myisam_concurrent_insert,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_concurrent_insert, (uchar**) &myisam_concurrent_insert,
    0, GET_LONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0},
   {"console", OPT_CONSOLE, "Write error output on screen; Don't remove the console window on windows.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_console, (gptr*) &opt_console, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_console, (uchar**) &opt_console, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
   {"core-file", OPT_WANT_CORE, "Write core on errors.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"datadir", 'h', "Path to the database root.", (gptr*) &mysql_data_home,
-   (gptr*) &mysql_data_home, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"datadir", 'h', "Path to the database root.", (uchar**) &mysql_data_home,
+   (uchar**) &mysql_data_home, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifndef DBUG_OFF
-  {"debug", '#', "Debug log.", (gptr*) &default_dbug_option,
-   (gptr*) &default_dbug_option, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"debug", '#', "Debug log.", (uchar**) &default_dbug_option,
+   (uchar**) &default_dbug_option, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"default-character-set", 'C', "Set the default character set (deprecated option, use --character-set-server instead).",
-   (gptr*) &default_character_set_name, (gptr*) &default_character_set_name,
+   (uchar**) &default_character_set_name, (uchar**) &default_character_set_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"default-collation", OPT_DEFAULT_COLLATION, "Set the default collation (deprecated option, use --collation-server instead).",
-   (gptr*) &default_collation_name, (gptr*) &default_collation_name,
+   (uchar**) &default_collation_name, (uchar**) &default_collation_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"default-storage-engine", OPT_STORAGE_ENGINE,
    "Set the default storage engine (table type) for tables.",
-   (gptr*)&default_storage_engine_str, (gptr*)&default_storage_engine_str,
+   (uchar**)&default_storage_engine_str, (uchar**)&default_storage_engine_str,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"default-table-type", OPT_STORAGE_ENGINE,
    "(deprecated) Use --default-storage-engine.",
-   (gptr*)&default_storage_engine_str, (gptr*)&default_storage_engine_str,
+   (uchar**)&default_storage_engine_str, (uchar**)&default_storage_engine_str,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"default-time-zone", OPT_DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE, "Set the default time zone.",
-   (gptr*) &default_tz_name, (gptr*) &default_tz_name,
+   (uchar**) &default_tz_name, (uchar**) &default_tz_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"delay-key-write", OPT_DELAY_KEY_WRITE, "Type of DELAY_KEY_WRITE.",
    0,0,0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -5210,33 +5210,33 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
   {"des-key-file", OPT_DES_KEY_FILE,
    "Load keys for des_encrypt() and des_encrypt from given file.",
-   (gptr*) &des_key_file, (gptr*) &des_key_file, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &des_key_file, (uchar**) &des_key_file, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   {"disconnect-slave-event-count", OPT_DISCONNECT_SLAVE_EVENT_COUNT,
    "Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of replication.",
-   (gptr*) &disconnect_slave_event_count,
-   (gptr*) &disconnect_slave_event_count, 0, GET_INT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &disconnect_slave_event_count,
+   (uchar**) &disconnect_slave_event_count, 0, GET_INT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
 #endif /* HAVE_REPLICATION */
   {"enable-locking", OPT_ENABLE_LOCK,
    "Deprecated option, use --external-locking instead.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_external_locking, (gptr*) &opt_external_locking,
+   (uchar**) &opt_external_locking, (uchar**) &opt_external_locking,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef __NT__
   {"enable-named-pipe", OPT_HAVE_NAMED_PIPE, "Enable the named pipe (NT).",
-   (gptr*) &opt_enable_named_pipe, (gptr*) &opt_enable_named_pipe, 0, GET_BOOL,
+   (uchar**) &opt_enable_named_pipe, (uchar**) &opt_enable_named_pipe, 0, GET_BOOL,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"enable-pstack", OPT_DO_PSTACK, "Print a symbolic stack trace on failure.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_do_pstack, (gptr*) &opt_do_pstack, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_do_pstack, (uchar**) &opt_do_pstack, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"engine-condition-pushdown",
    OPT_ENGINE_CONDITION_PUSHDOWN,
    "Push supported query conditions to the storage engine.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.engine_condition_pushdown,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.engine_condition_pushdown,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.engine_condition_pushdown,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.engine_condition_pushdown,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   /* See how it's handled in get_one_option() */
   {"event-scheduler", OPT_EVENT_SCHEDULER, "Enable/disable the event scheduler.",
@@ -5244,7 +5244,7 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
   {"exit-info", 'T', "Used for debugging;  Use at your own risk!", 0, 0, 0,
    GET_LONG, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"external-locking", OPT_USE_LOCKING, "Use system (external) locking (disabled by default).  With this option enabled you can run myisamchk to test (not repair) tables while the MySQL server is running. Disable with --skip-external-locking.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_external_locking, (gptr*) &opt_external_locking,
+   (uchar**) &opt_external_locking, (uchar**) &opt_external_locking,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"flush", OPT_FLUSH, "Flush tables to disk between SQL commands.", 0, 0, 0,
    GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -5252,50 +5252,50 @@ struct my_option my_long_options[] =
      easier to do */
   {"gdb", OPT_DEBUGGING,
    "Set up signals usable for debugging",
-   (gptr*) &opt_debugging, (gptr*) &opt_debugging,
+   (uchar**) &opt_debugging, (uchar**) &opt_debugging,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"general-log", OPT_GENERAL_LOG,
-   "Enable|disable general log", (gptr*) &opt_log,
-   (gptr*) &opt_log, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "Enable|disable general log", (uchar**) &opt_log,
+   (uchar**) &opt_log, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_LARGE_PAGES
   {"large-pages", OPT_ENABLE_LARGE_PAGES, "Enable support for large pages. \
 Disable with --skip-large-pages.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_large_pages, (gptr*) &opt_large_pages, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_large_pages, (uchar**) &opt_large_pages, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"init-connect", OPT_INIT_CONNECT, "Command(s) that are executed for each new connection",
-   (gptr*) &opt_init_connect, (gptr*) &opt_init_connect, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
+   (uchar**) &opt_init_connect, (uchar**) &opt_init_connect, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifndef DISABLE_GRANT_OPTIONS
   {"init-file", OPT_INIT_FILE, "Read SQL commands from this file at startup.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_init_file, (gptr*) &opt_init_file, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_init_file, (uchar**) &opt_init_file, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"init-rpl-role", OPT_INIT_RPL_ROLE, "Set the replication role.", 0, 0, 0,
    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"init-slave", OPT_INIT_SLAVE, "Command(s) that are executed when a slave connects to this master",
-   (gptr*) &opt_init_slave, (gptr*) &opt_init_slave, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
+   (uchar**) &opt_init_slave, (uchar**) &opt_init_slave, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb", OPT_INNODB, "Enable InnoDB (if this version of MySQL supports it). \
 Disable with --skip-innodb (will save memory).",
-   (gptr*) &opt_innodb, (gptr*) &opt_innodb, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, OPT_INNODB_DEFAULT, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_innodb, (uchar**) &opt_innodb, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, OPT_INNODB_DEFAULT, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE
   {"innodb_checksums", OPT_INNODB_CHECKSUMS, "Enable InnoDB checksums validation (enabled by default). \
-Disable with --skip-innodb-checksums.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_checksums,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_use_checksums, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+Disable with --skip-innodb-checksums.", (uchar**) &innobase_use_checksums,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_use_checksums, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"innodb_data_file_path", OPT_INNODB_DATA_FILE_PATH,
    "Path to individual files and their sizes.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE
   {"innodb_data_home_dir", OPT_INNODB_DATA_HOME_DIR,
-   "The common part for InnoDB table spaces.", (gptr*) &innobase_data_home_dir,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_data_home_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   "The common part for InnoDB table spaces.", (uchar**) &innobase_data_home_dir,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_data_home_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0},
   {"innodb_doublewrite", OPT_INNODB_DOUBLEWRITE, "Enable InnoDB doublewrite buffer (enabled by default). \
-Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (uchar**) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_use_doublewrite, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_fast_shutdown", OPT_INNODB_FAST_SHUTDOWN,
    "Speeds up the shutdown process of the InnoDB storage engine. Possible "
    "values are 0, 1 (faster)"
@@ -5307,92 +5307,92 @@ Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
    " or 2 (fastest - crash-like)"
 #endif
    ".",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_fast_shutdown,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_fast_shutdown, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_fast_shutdown,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_fast_shutdown, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0,
    IF_NETWARE(1,2), 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_file_per_table", OPT_INNODB_FILE_PER_TABLE,
    "Stores each InnoDB table to an .ibd file in the database dir.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_file_per_table,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_file_per_table, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   (uchar**) &innobase_file_per_table,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_file_per_table, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit", OPT_INNODB_FLUSH_LOG_AT_TRX_COMMIT,
    "Set to 0 (write and flush once per second), 1 (write and flush at each commit) or 2 (write at commit, flush once per second).",
-   (gptr*) &srv_flush_log_at_trx_commit,
-   (gptr*) &srv_flush_log_at_trx_commit,
+   (uchar**) &srv_flush_log_at_trx_commit,
+   (uchar**) &srv_flush_log_at_trx_commit,
    0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG,  1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_flush_method", OPT_INNODB_FLUSH_METHOD,
-   "With which method to flush data.", (gptr*) &innobase_unix_file_flush_method,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_unix_file_flush_method, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
+   "With which method to flush data.", (uchar**) &innobase_unix_file_flush_method,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_unix_file_flush_method, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog", OPT_INNODB_LOCKS_UNSAFE_FOR_BINLOG,
    "Force InnoDB to not use next-key locking, to use only row-level locking.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   (uchar**) &innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_locks_unsafe_for_binlog, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_log_arch_dir", OPT_INNODB_LOG_ARCH_DIR,
-   "Where full logs should be archived.", (gptr*) &innobase_log_arch_dir,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_log_arch_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "Where full logs should be archived.", (uchar**) &innobase_log_arch_dir,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_log_arch_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_log_archive", OPT_INNODB_LOG_ARCHIVE,
    "Set to 1 if you want to have logs archived.", 0, 0, 0, GET_LONG, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_log_group_home_dir", OPT_INNODB_LOG_GROUP_HOME_DIR,
-   "Path to InnoDB log files.", (gptr*) &innobase_log_group_home_dir,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_log_group_home_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   "Path to InnoDB log files.", (uchar**) &innobase_log_group_home_dir,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_log_group_home_dir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
   {"innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct", OPT_INNODB_MAX_DIRTY_PAGES_PCT,
-   "Percentage of dirty pages allowed in bufferpool.", (gptr*) &srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct,
-   (gptr*) &srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 90, 0, 100, 0, 0, 0},
+   "Percentage of dirty pages allowed in bufferpool.", (uchar**) &srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct,
+   (uchar**) &srv_max_buf_pool_modified_pct, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 90, 0, 100, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_max_purge_lag", OPT_INNODB_MAX_PURGE_LAG,
    "Desired maximum length of the purge queue (0 = no limit)",
-   (gptr*) &srv_max_purge_lag,
-   (gptr*) &srv_max_purge_lag, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, ~0L,
+   (uchar**) &srv_max_purge_lag,
+   (uchar**) &srv_max_purge_lag, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, ~0L,
    0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_rollback_on_timeout", OPT_INNODB_ROLLBACK_ON_TIMEOUT,
    "Roll back the complete transaction on lock wait timeout, for 4.x compatibility (disabled by default)",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_rollback_on_timeout, (gptr*) &innobase_rollback_on_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_rollback_on_timeout, (uchar**) &innobase_rollback_on_timeout,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_status_file", OPT_INNODB_STATUS_FILE,
    "Enable SHOW INNODB STATUS output in the innodb_status.<pid> file",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_create_status_file, (gptr*) &innobase_create_status_file,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_create_status_file, (uchar**) &innobase_create_status_file,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_stats_on_metadata", OPT_INNODB_STATS_ON_METADATA,
    "Enable statistics gathering for metadata commands such as SHOW TABLE STATUS (on by default)",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_stats_on_metadata, (gptr*) &innobase_stats_on_metadata,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_stats_on_metadata, (uchar**) &innobase_stats_on_metadata,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_support_xa", OPT_INNODB_SUPPORT_XA,
    "Enable InnoDB support for the XA two-phase commit",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.innodb_support_xa,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.innodb_support_xa,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.innodb_support_xa,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.innodb_support_xa,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"innodb_table_locks", OPT_INNODB_TABLE_LOCKS,
    "Enable InnoDB locking in LOCK TABLES",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.innodb_table_locks,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.innodb_table_locks,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.innodb_table_locks,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.innodb_table_locks,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif /* End WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE */
    {"language", 'L',
    "Client error messages in given language. May be given as a full path.",
-   (gptr*) &language_ptr, (gptr*) &language_ptr, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &language_ptr, (uchar**) &language_ptr, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"lc-time-names", OPT_LC_TIME_NAMES,
    "Set the language used for the month names and the days of the week.",
-   (gptr*) &lc_time_names_name,
-   (gptr*) &lc_time_names_name,
+   (uchar**) &lc_time_names_name,
+   (uchar**) &lc_time_names_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
   {"local-infile", OPT_LOCAL_INFILE,
    "Enable/disable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE (takes values 1|0).",
-   (gptr*) &opt_local_infile,
-   (gptr*) &opt_local_infile, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_local_infile,
+   (uchar**) &opt_local_infile, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG,
    1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"log", 'l', "Log connections and queries to file.", (gptr*) &opt_logname,
-   (gptr*) &opt_logname, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"log", 'l', "Log connections and queries to file.", (uchar**) &opt_logname,
+   (uchar**) &opt_logname, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-bin", OPT_BIN_LOG,
    "Log update queries in binary format. Optional (but strongly recommended "
    "to avoid replication problems if server's hostname changes) argument "
    "should be the chosen location for the binary log files.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_bin_logname, (gptr*) &opt_bin_logname, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
+   (uchar**) &opt_bin_logname, (uchar**) &opt_bin_logname, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
    OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-bin-index", OPT_BIN_LOG_INDEX,
    "File that holds the names for last binary log files.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_binlog_index_name, (gptr*) &opt_binlog_index_name, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &opt_binlog_index_name, (uchar**) &opt_binlog_index_name, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifndef TO_BE_REMOVED_IN_5_1_OR_6_0
   /*
@@ -5403,7 +5403,7 @@ Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
   */
   {"log-bin-trust-routine-creators", OPT_LOG_BIN_TRUST_FUNCTION_CREATORS,
    "(deprecated) Use log-bin-trust-function-creators.",
-   (gptr*) &trust_function_creators, (gptr*) &trust_function_creators, 0,
+   (uchar**) &trust_function_creators, (uchar**) &trust_function_creators, 0,
    GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   /*
@@ -5417,13 +5417,13 @@ Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
    "Note that if ALL connections to this server ALWAYS use row-based binary "
    "logging, the security issues do not exist and the binary logging cannot "
    "break, so you can safely set this to 1."
-   ,(gptr*) &trust_function_creators, (gptr*) &trust_function_creators, 0,
+   ,(uchar**) &trust_function_creators, (uchar**) &trust_function_creators, 0,
    GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-error", OPT_ERROR_LOG_FILE, "Error log file.",
-   (gptr*) &log_error_file_ptr, (gptr*) &log_error_file_ptr, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &log_error_file_ptr, (uchar**) &log_error_file_ptr, 0, GET_STR,
    OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-isam", OPT_ISAM_LOG, "Log all MyISAM changes to file.",
-   (gptr*) &myisam_log_filename, (gptr*) &myisam_log_filename, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_log_filename, (uchar**) &myisam_log_filename, 0, GET_STR,
    OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-long-format", '0',
    "Log some extra information to update log. Please note that this option is deprecated; see --log-short-format option.", 
@@ -5432,165 +5432,165 @@ Disable with --skip-innodb-doublewrite.", (gptr*) &innobase_use_doublewrite,
   {"log-output", OPT_LOG_OUTPUT,
    "Syntax: log-output[=value[,value...]], where \"value\" could be TABLE, "
    "FILE or NONE.",
-   (gptr*) &log_output_str, (gptr*) &log_output_str, 0,
+   (uchar**) &log_output_str, (uchar**) &log_output_str, 0,
    GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"log-queries-not-using-indexes", OPT_LOG_QUERIES_NOT_USING_INDEXES,
    "Log queries that are executed without benefit of any index to the slow log if it is open.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_log_queries_not_using_indexes, (gptr*) &opt_log_queries_not_using_indexes,
+   (uchar**) &opt_log_queries_not_using_indexes, (uchar**) &opt_log_queries_not_using_indexes,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-short-format", OPT_SHORT_LOG_FORMAT,
    "Don't log extra information to update and slow-query logs.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_short_log_format, (gptr*) &opt_short_log_format,
+   (uchar**) &opt_short_log_format, (uchar**) &opt_short_log_format,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-slave-updates", OPT_LOG_SLAVE_UPDATES,
    "Tells the slave to log the updates from the slave thread to the binary log. You will need to turn it on if you plan to daisy-chain the slaves.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_log_slave_updates, (gptr*) &opt_log_slave_updates, 0, GET_BOOL,
+   (uchar**) &opt_log_slave_updates, (uchar**) &opt_log_slave_updates, 0, GET_BOOL,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-slow-admin-statements", OPT_LOG_SLOW_ADMIN_STATEMENTS,
    "Log slow OPTIMIZE, ANALYZE, ALTER and other administrative statements to the slow log if it is open.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_log_slow_admin_statements,
-   (gptr*) &opt_log_slow_admin_statements,
+   (uchar**) &opt_log_slow_admin_statements,
+   (uchar**) &opt_log_slow_admin_statements,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-slow-queries", OPT_SLOW_QUERY_LOG,
     "Log slow queries to this log file. Defaults logging to hostname-slow.log file. Must be enabled to activate other slow log options.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_slow_logname, (gptr*) &opt_slow_logname, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_slow_logname, (uchar**) &opt_slow_logname, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-tc", OPT_LOG_TC,
    "Path to transaction coordinator log (used for transactions that affect "
    "more than one storage engine, when binary log is disabled)",
-   (gptr*) &opt_tc_log_file, (gptr*) &opt_tc_log_file, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &opt_tc_log_file, (uchar**) &opt_tc_log_file, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_MMAP
   {"log-tc-size", OPT_LOG_TC_SIZE, "Size of transaction coordinator log.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_tc_log_size, (gptr*) &opt_tc_log_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_tc_log_size, (uchar**) &opt_tc_log_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, TC_LOG_MIN_SIZE, TC_LOG_MIN_SIZE, ~0L, 0, TC_LOG_PAGE_SIZE, 0},
 #endif
   {"log-update", OPT_UPDATE_LOG,
    "The update log is deprecated since version 5.0, is replaced by the binary \
 log and this option justs turns on --log-bin instead.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_update_logname, (gptr*) &opt_update_logname, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &opt_update_logname, (uchar**) &opt_update_logname, 0, GET_STR,
    OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"log-warnings", 'W', "Log some not critical warnings to the log file.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.log_warnings,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.log_warnings, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.log_warnings,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.log_warnings, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
   {"low-priority-updates", OPT_LOW_PRIORITY_UPDATES,
    "INSERT/DELETE/UPDATE has lower priority than selects.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.low_priority_updates,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.low_priority_updates,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.low_priority_updates,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.low_priority_updates,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-connect-retry", OPT_MASTER_CONNECT_RETRY,
    "The number of seconds the slave thread will sleep before retrying to connect to the master in case the master goes down or the connection is lost.",
-   (gptr*) &master_connect_retry, (gptr*) &master_connect_retry, 0, GET_UINT,
+   (uchar**) &master_connect_retry, (uchar**) &master_connect_retry, 0, GET_UINT,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-host", OPT_MASTER_HOST,
    "Master hostname or IP address for replication. If not set, the slave thread will not be started. Note that the setting of master-host will be ignored if there exists a valid master.info file.",
-   (gptr*) &master_host, (gptr*) &master_host, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &master_host, (uchar**) &master_host, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-info-file", OPT_MASTER_INFO_FILE,
    "The location and name of the file that remembers the master and where the I/O replication \
 thread is in the master's binlogs.",
-   (gptr*) &master_info_file, (gptr*) &master_info_file, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &master_info_file, (uchar**) &master_info_file, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-password", OPT_MASTER_PASSWORD,
    "The password the slave thread will authenticate with when connecting to the master. If not set, an empty password is assumed.The value in master.info will take precedence if it can be read.",
-   (gptr*)&master_password, (gptr*)&master_password, 0,
+   (uchar**)&master_password, (uchar**)&master_password, 0,
    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-port", OPT_MASTER_PORT,
    "The port the master is listening on. If not set, the compiled setting of MYSQL_PORT is assumed. If you have not tinkered with configure options, this should be 3306. The value in master.info will take precedence if it can be read.",
-   (gptr*) &master_port, (gptr*) &master_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_port, (uchar**) &master_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG,
    MYSQL_PORT, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-retry-count", OPT_MASTER_RETRY_COUNT,
    "The number of tries the slave will make to connect to the master before giving up.",
-   (gptr*) &master_retry_count, (gptr*) &master_retry_count, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &master_retry_count, (uchar**) &master_retry_count, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 3600*24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-ssl", OPT_MASTER_SSL,
    "Enable the slave to connect to the master using SSL.",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl, (gptr*) &master_ssl, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl, (uchar**) &master_ssl, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
   {"master-ssl-ca", OPT_MASTER_SSL_CA,
    "Master SSL CA file. Only applies if you have enabled master-ssl.",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl_ca, (gptr*) &master_ssl_ca, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl_ca, (uchar**) &master_ssl_ca, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-ssl-capath", OPT_MASTER_SSL_CAPATH,
    "Master SSL CA path. Only applies if you have enabled master-ssl.",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl_capath, (gptr*) &master_ssl_capath, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl_capath, (uchar**) &master_ssl_capath, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-ssl-cert", OPT_MASTER_SSL_CERT,
    "Master SSL certificate file name. Only applies if you have enabled \
 master-ssl",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl_cert, (gptr*) &master_ssl_cert, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl_cert, (uchar**) &master_ssl_cert, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-ssl-cipher", OPT_MASTER_SSL_CIPHER,
    "Master SSL cipher. Only applies if you have enabled master-ssl.",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl_cipher, (gptr*) &master_ssl_capath, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl_cipher, (uchar**) &master_ssl_capath, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-ssl-key", OPT_MASTER_SSL_KEY,
    "Master SSL keyfile name. Only applies if you have enabled master-ssl.",
-   (gptr*) &master_ssl_key, (gptr*) &master_ssl_key, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &master_ssl_key, (uchar**) &master_ssl_key, 0, GET_STR, OPT_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"master-user", OPT_MASTER_USER,
    "The username the slave thread will use for authentication when connecting to the master. The user must have FILE privilege. If the master user is not set, user test is assumed. The value in master.info will take precedence if it can be read.",
-   (gptr*) &master_user, (gptr*) &master_user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &master_user, (uchar**) &master_user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   {"max-binlog-dump-events", OPT_MAX_BINLOG_DUMP_EVENTS,
    "Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of replication.",
-   (gptr*) &max_binlog_dump_events, (gptr*) &max_binlog_dump_events, 0,
+   (uchar**) &max_binlog_dump_events, (uchar**) &max_binlog_dump_events, 0,
    GET_INT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif /* HAVE_REPLICATION */
-  {"memlock", OPT_MEMLOCK, "Lock mysqld in memory.", (gptr*) &locked_in_memory,
-   (gptr*) &locked_in_memory, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"memlock", OPT_MEMLOCK, "Lock mysqld in memory.", (uchar**) &locked_in_memory,
+   (uchar**) &locked_in_memory, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"myisam-recover", OPT_MYISAM_RECOVER,
    "Syntax: myisam-recover[=option[,option...]], where option can be DEFAULT, BACKUP, FORCE or QUICK.",
-   (gptr*) &myisam_recover_options_str, (gptr*) &myisam_recover_options_str, 0,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_recover_options_str, (uchar**) &myisam_recover_options_str, 0,
    GET_STR, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndbcluster", OPT_NDBCLUSTER, "Enable NDB Cluster (if this version of MySQL supports it). \
 Disable with --skip-ndbcluster (will save memory).",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndbcluster, (gptr*) &opt_ndbcluster, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndbcluster, (uchar**) &opt_ndbcluster, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    OPT_NDBCLUSTER_DEFAULT, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef WITH_NDBCLUSTER_STORAGE_ENGINE
   {"ndb-connectstring", OPT_NDB_CONNECTSTRING,
    "Connect string for ndbcluster.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_connectstring,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_connectstring,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_connectstring,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_connectstring,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-mgmd-host", OPT_NDB_MGMD,
    "Set host and port for ndb_mgmd. Syntax: hostname[:port]",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_mgmd,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_mgmd,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_mgmd,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_mgmd,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-nodeid", OPT_NDB_NODEID,
    "Nodeid for this mysqlserver in the cluster.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_nodeid,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_nodeid,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_nodeid,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_nodeid,
    0, GET_INT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-autoincrement-prefetch-sz", OPT_NDB_AUTOINCREMENT_PREFETCH_SZ,
    "Specify number of autoincrement values that are prefetched.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_autoincrement_prefetch_sz,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 32, 1, 256, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-distribution", OPT_NDB_DISTRIBUTION,
    "Default distribution for new tables in ndb",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_distribution,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_distribution,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_distribution,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_distribution,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-force-send", OPT_NDB_FORCE_SEND,
    "Force send of buffers to ndb immediately without waiting for "
    "other threads.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb_force_send", OPT_NDB_FORCE_SEND,
    "same as --ndb-force-send.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_force_send,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-extra-logging", OPT_NDB_EXTRA_LOGGING,
    "Turn on more logging in the error log.",
-   (gptr*) &ndb_extra_logging,
-   (gptr*) &ndb_extra_logging,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_extra_logging,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_extra_logging,
    0, GET_INT, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_NDB_BINLOG
   {"ndb-report-thresh-binlog-epoch-slip", OPT_NDB_REPORT_THRESH_BINLOG_EPOCH_SLIP,
@@ -5598,113 +5598,113 @@ Disable with --skip-ndbcluster (will save memory).",
    "E.g. 3 means that if the difference between what epoch has been received "
    "from the storage nodes and what has been applied to the binlog is 3 or more, "
    "a status message will be sent to the cluster log.",
-   (gptr*) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_epoch_slip,
-   (gptr*) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_epoch_slip,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_epoch_slip,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_epoch_slip,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 3, 0, 256, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-report-thresh-binlog-mem-usage", OPT_NDB_REPORT_THRESH_BINLOG_MEM_USAGE,
    "Threshold on percentage of free memory before reporting binlog status. E.g. "
    "10 means that if amount of available memory for receiving binlog data from "
    "the storage nodes goes below 10%, "
    "a status message will be sent to the cluster log.",
-   (gptr*) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_mem_usage,
-   (gptr*) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_mem_usage,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_mem_usage,
+   (uchar**) &ndb_report_thresh_binlog_mem_usage,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 10, 0, 100, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"ndb-use-exact-count", OPT_NDB_USE_EXACT_COUNT,
    "Use exact records count during query planning and for fast "
    "select count(*), disable for faster queries.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb_use_exact_count", OPT_NDB_USE_EXACT_COUNT,
    "same as --ndb-use-exact-count.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_exact_count,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-use-transactions", OPT_NDB_USE_TRANSACTIONS,
    "Use transactions for large inserts, if enabled then large "
    "inserts will be split into several smaller transactions",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb_use_transactions", OPT_NDB_USE_TRANSACTIONS,
    "same as --ndb-use-transactions.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_transactions,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-shm", OPT_NDB_SHM,
    "Use shared memory connections when available.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_shm,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_shm,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_shm,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_shm,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, OPT_NDB_SHM_DEFAULT, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"ndb-optimized-node-selection", OPT_NDB_OPTIMIZED_NODE_SELECTION,
    "Select nodes for transactions in a more optimal way.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_optimized_node_selection,
-   (gptr*) &opt_ndb_optimized_node_selection,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_optimized_node_selection,
+   (uchar**) &opt_ndb_optimized_node_selection,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { "ndb-cache-check-time", OPT_NDB_CACHE_CHECK_TIME,
     "A dedicated thread is created to, at the given millisecons interval, invalidate the query cache if another MySQL server in the cluster has changed the data in the database.",
-    (gptr*) &opt_ndb_cache_check_time, (gptr*) &opt_ndb_cache_check_time, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+    (uchar**) &opt_ndb_cache_check_time, (uchar**) &opt_ndb_cache_check_time, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
     0, 0, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"ndb-index-stat-enable", OPT_NDB_INDEX_STAT_ENABLE,
    "Use ndb index statistics in query optimization.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_index_stat_enable,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.ndb_index_stat_enable,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_index_stat_enable,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.ndb_index_stat_enable,
    0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"ndb-use-copying-alter-table",
    OPT_NDB_USE_COPYING_ALTER_TABLE,
    "Force ndbcluster to always copy tables at alter table (should only be used if on-line alter table fails).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_copying_alter_table,
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_copying_alter_table,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_copying_alter_table,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.ndb_use_copying_alter_table,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},  
   {"new", 'n', "Use very new possible 'unsafe' functions.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.new_mode,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.new_mode,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.new_mode,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.new_mode,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef NOT_YET
   {"no-mix-table-types", OPT_NO_MIX_TYPE, "Don't allow commands with uses two different table types.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_no_mix_types, (gptr*) &opt_no_mix_types, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_no_mix_types, (uchar**) &opt_no_mix_types, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"old-alter-table", OPT_OLD_ALTER_TABLE,
    "Use old, non-optimized alter table.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.old_alter_table,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.old_alter_table, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.old_alter_table,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.old_alter_table, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"old-passwords", OPT_OLD_PASSWORDS, "Use old password encryption method (needed for 4.0 and older clients).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.old_passwords,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.old_passwords, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.old_passwords,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.old_passwords, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"one-thread", OPT_ONE_THREAD,
    "(deprecated): Only use one thread (for debugging under Linux). Use thread-handling=no-threads instead",
    0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"old-style-user-limits", OPT_OLD_STYLE_USER_LIMITS,
    "Enable old-style user limits (before 5.0.3 user resources were counted per each user+host vs. per account)",
-   (gptr*) &opt_old_style_user_limits, (gptr*) &opt_old_style_user_limits,
+   (uchar**) &opt_old_style_user_limits, (uchar**) &opt_old_style_user_limits,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"pid-file", OPT_PID_FILE, "Pid file used by safe_mysqld.",
-   (gptr*) &pidfile_name_ptr, (gptr*) &pidfile_name_ptr, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &pidfile_name_ptr, (uchar**) &pidfile_name_ptr, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"port", 'P', "Port number to use for connection.", (gptr*) &mysqld_port,
-   (gptr*) &mysqld_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"port", 'P', "Port number to use for connection.", (uchar**) &mysqld_port,
+   (uchar**) &mysqld_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"port-open-timeout", OPT_PORT_OPEN_TIMEOUT,
    "Maximum time in seconds to wait for the port to become free. "
-   "(Default: no wait)", (gptr*) &mysqld_port_timeout,
-   (gptr*) &mysqld_port_timeout, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "(Default: no wait)", (uchar**) &mysqld_port_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &mysqld_port_timeout, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"relay-log", OPT_RELAY_LOG,
    "The location and name to use for relay logs.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_relay_logname, (gptr*) &opt_relay_logname, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_relay_logname, (uchar**) &opt_relay_logname, 0,
    GET_STR_ALLOC, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"relay-log-index", OPT_RELAY_LOG_INDEX,
    "The location and name to use for the file that keeps a list of the last \
 relay logs.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_relaylog_index_name, (gptr*) &opt_relaylog_index_name, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_relaylog_index_name, (uchar**) &opt_relaylog_index_name, 0,
    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"relay-log-info-file", OPT_RELAY_LOG_INFO_FILE,
    "The location and name of the file that remembers where the SQL replication \
 thread is in the relay logs.",
-   (gptr*) &relay_log_info_file, (gptr*) &relay_log_info_file, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &relay_log_info_file, (uchar**) &relay_log_info_file, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"replicate-do-db", OPT_REPLICATE_DO_DB,
    "Tells the slave thread to restrict replication to the specified database. To specify more than one database, use the directive multiple times, once for each database. Note that this will only work if you do not use cross-database queries such as UPDATE some_db.some_table SET foo='bar' while having selected a different or no database. If you need cross database updates to work, make sure you have 3.23.28 or later, and use replicate-wild-do-table=db_name.%.",
@@ -5726,8 +5726,8 @@ thread is in the relay logs.",
    "In replication, if set to 1, do not skip events having our server id. \
 Default value is 0 (to break infinite loops in circular replication). \
 Can't be set to 1 if --log-slave-updates is used.",
-   (gptr*) &replicate_same_server_id,
-   (gptr*) &replicate_same_server_id,
+   (uchar**) &replicate_same_server_id,
+   (uchar**) &replicate_same_server_id,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"replicate-wild-do-table", OPT_REPLICATE_WILD_DO_TABLE,
@@ -5739,19 +5739,19 @@ Can't be set to 1 if --log-slave-updates is used.",
   // In replication, we may need to tell the other servers how to connect
   {"report-host", OPT_REPORT_HOST,
    "Hostname or IP of the slave to be reported to to the master during slave registration. Will appear in the output of SHOW SLAVE HOSTS. Leave unset if you do not want the slave to register itself with the master. Note that it is not sufficient for the master to simply read the IP of the slave off the socket once the slave connects. Due to NAT and other routing issues, that IP may not be valid for connecting to the slave from the master or other hosts.",
-   (gptr*) &report_host, (gptr*) &report_host, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &report_host, (uchar**) &report_host, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"report-password", OPT_REPORT_PASSWORD, "Undocumented.",
-   (gptr*) &report_password, (gptr*) &report_password, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &report_password, (uchar**) &report_password, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"report-port", OPT_REPORT_PORT,
    "Port for connecting to slave reported to the master during slave registration. Set it only if the slave is listening on a non-default port or if you have a special tunnel from the master or other clients to the slave. If not sure, leave this option unset.",
-   (gptr*) &report_port, (gptr*) &report_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &report_port, (uchar**) &report_port, 0, GET_UINT, REQUIRED_ARG,
    MYSQL_PORT, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
-  {"report-user", OPT_REPORT_USER, "Undocumented.", (gptr*) &report_user,
-   (gptr*) &report_user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"report-user", OPT_REPORT_USER, "Undocumented.", (uchar**) &report_user,
+   (uchar**) &report_user, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"rpl-recovery-rank", OPT_RPL_RECOVERY_RANK, "Undocumented.",
-   (gptr*) &rpl_recovery_rank, (gptr*) &rpl_recovery_rank, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &rpl_recovery_rank, (uchar**) &rpl_recovery_rank, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"safe-mode", OPT_SAFE, "Skip some optimize stages (for testing).",
    0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -5762,43 +5762,43 @@ Can't be set to 1 if --log-slave-updates is used.",
 #endif
   {"safe-user-create", OPT_SAFE_USER_CREATE,
    "Don't allow new user creation by the user who has no write privileges to the mysql.user table.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_safe_user_create, (gptr*) &opt_safe_user_create, 0, GET_BOOL,
+   (uchar**) &opt_safe_user_create, (uchar**) &opt_safe_user_create, 0, GET_BOOL,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"safemalloc-mem-limit", OPT_SAFEMALLOC_MEM_LIMIT,
    "Simulate memory shortage when compiled with the --with-debug=full option.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"secure-auth", OPT_SECURE_AUTH, "Disallow authentication for accounts that have old (pre-4.1) passwords.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_secure_auth, (gptr*) &opt_secure_auth, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_secure_auth, (uchar**) &opt_secure_auth, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    my_bool(0), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"secure-file-priv", OPT_SECURE_FILE_PRIV,
    "Limit LOAD DATA, SELECT ... OUTFILE, and LOAD_FILE() to files within specified directory",
-   (gptr*) &opt_secure_file_priv, (gptr*) &opt_secure_file_priv, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_secure_file_priv, (uchar**) &opt_secure_file_priv, 0,
    GET_STR_ALLOC, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"server-id",	OPT_SERVER_ID,
    "Uniquely identifies the server instance in the community of replication partners.",
-   (gptr*) &server_id, (gptr*) &server_id, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &server_id, (uchar**) &server_id, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0},
   {"set-variable", 'O',
    "Change the value of a variable. Please note that this option is deprecated;you can set variables directly with --variable-name=value.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
   {"shared-memory", OPT_ENABLE_SHARED_MEMORY,
-   "Enable the shared memory.",(gptr*) &opt_enable_shared_memory, (gptr*) &opt_enable_shared_memory,
+   "Enable the shared memory.",(uchar**) &opt_enable_shared_memory, (uchar**) &opt_enable_shared_memory,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_SMEM
   {"shared-memory-base-name",OPT_SHARED_MEMORY_BASE_NAME,
-   "Base name of shared memory.", (gptr*) &shared_memory_base_name, (gptr*) &shared_memory_base_name,
+   "Base name of shared memory.", (uchar**) &shared_memory_base_name, (uchar**) &shared_memory_base_name,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"show-slave-auth-info", OPT_SHOW_SLAVE_AUTH_INFO,
    "Show user and password in SHOW SLAVE HOSTS on this master",
-   (gptr*) &opt_show_slave_auth_info, (gptr*) &opt_show_slave_auth_info, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_show_slave_auth_info, (uchar**) &opt_show_slave_auth_info, 0,
    GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifndef DISABLE_GRANT_OPTIONS
   {"skip-grant-tables", OPT_SKIP_GRANT,
    "Start without grant tables. This gives all users FULL ACCESS to all tables!",
-   (gptr*) &opt_noacl, (gptr*) &opt_noacl, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_noacl, (uchar**) &opt_noacl, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0},
 #endif
   {"skip-host-cache", OPT_SKIP_HOST_CACHE, "Don't cache host names.", 0, 0, 0,
@@ -5825,8 +5825,8 @@ Can't be set to 1 if --log-slave-updates is used.",
    "Don't allow 'SHOW DATABASE' commands.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"skip-slave-start", OPT_SKIP_SLAVE_START,
-   "If set, slave is not autostarted.", (gptr*) &opt_skip_slave_start,
-   (gptr*) &opt_skip_slave_start, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "If set, slave is not autostarted.", (uchar**) &opt_skip_slave_start,
+   (uchar**) &opt_skip_slave_start, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"skip-stack-trace", OPT_SKIP_STACK_TRACE,
    "Don't print a stack trace on failure.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
@@ -5839,23 +5839,23 @@ Can't be set to 1 if --log-slave-updates is used.",
   {"slave-load-tmpdir", OPT_SLAVE_LOAD_TMPDIR,
    "The location where the slave should put its temporary files when \
 replicating a LOAD DATA INFILE command.",
-   (gptr*) &slave_load_tmpdir, (gptr*) &slave_load_tmpdir, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
+   (uchar**) &slave_load_tmpdir, (uchar**) &slave_load_tmpdir, 0, GET_STR_ALLOC,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"slave-skip-errors", OPT_SLAVE_SKIP_ERRORS,
    "Tells the slave thread to continue replication when a query returns an error from the provided list.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"slow-query-log", OPT_SLOW_LOG,
-   "Enable|disable slow query log", (gptr*) &opt_slow_log,
-   (gptr*) &opt_slow_log, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   "Enable|disable slow query log", (uchar**) &opt_slow_log,
+   (uchar**) &opt_slow_log, 0, GET_BOOL, OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"socket", OPT_SOCKET, "Socket file to use for connection.",
-   (gptr*) &mysqld_unix_port, (gptr*) &mysqld_unix_port, 0, GET_STR,
+   (uchar**) &mysqld_unix_port, (uchar**) &mysqld_unix_port, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   {"sporadic-binlog-dump-fail", OPT_SPORADIC_BINLOG_DUMP_FAIL,
    "Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of replication.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_sporadic_binlog_dump_fail,
-   (gptr*) &opt_sporadic_binlog_dump_fail, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_sporadic_binlog_dump_fail,
+   (uchar**) &opt_sporadic_binlog_dump_fail, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0},
 #endif /* HAVE_REPLICATION */
   {"sql-bin-update-same", OPT_SQL_BIN_UPDATE_SAME,
@@ -5864,7 +5864,7 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    0, 0, 0, GET_DISABLED, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"sql-mode", OPT_SQL_MODE,
    "Syntax: sql-mode=option[,option[,option...]] where option can be one of: REAL_AS_FLOAT, PIPES_AS_CONCAT, ANSI_QUOTES, IGNORE_SPACE, ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY, NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION.",
-   (gptr*) &sql_mode_str, (gptr*) &sql_mode_str, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0,
+   (uchar**) &sql_mode_str, (uchar**) &sql_mode_str, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL
 #include "sslopt-longopts.h"
@@ -5875,7 +5875,7 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
   {"symbolic-links", 's', "Enable symbolic link support.",
-   (gptr*) &my_use_symdir, (gptr*) &my_use_symdir, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &my_use_symdir, (uchar**) &my_use_symdir, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    /*
      The system call realpath() produces warnings under valgrind and
      purify. These are not suppressed: instead we disable symlinks
@@ -5884,19 +5884,19 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    IF_PURIFY(0,1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"sysdate-is-now", OPT_SYSDATE_IS_NOW,
    "Non-default option to alias SYSDATE() to NOW() to make it safe-replicable. Since 5.0, SYSDATE() returns a `dynamic' value different for different invocations, even within the same statement.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.sysdate_is_now,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.sysdate_is_now,
    0, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"tc-heuristic-recover", OPT_TC_HEURISTIC_RECOVER,
    "Decision to use in heuristic recover process. Possible values are COMMIT or ROLLBACK.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_tc_heuristic_recover, (gptr*) &opt_tc_heuristic_recover,
+   (uchar**) &opt_tc_heuristic_recover, (uchar**) &opt_tc_heuristic_recover,
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"temp-pool", OPT_TEMP_POOL,
    "Using this option will cause most temporary files created to use a small set of names, rather than a unique name for each new file.",
-   (gptr*) &use_temp_pool, (gptr*) &use_temp_pool, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1,
+   (uchar**) &use_temp_pool, (uchar**) &use_temp_pool, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"timed_mutexes", OPT_TIMED_MUTEXES,
    "Specify whether to time mutexes (only InnoDB mutexes are currently supported)",
-   (gptr*) &timed_mutexes, (gptr*) &timed_mutexes, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 
+   (uchar**) &timed_mutexes, (uchar**) &timed_mutexes, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"tmpdir", 't',
    "Path for temporary files. Several paths may be specified, separated by a "
@@ -5906,83 +5906,83 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    "colon (:)"
 #endif
    ", in this case they are used in a round-robin fashion.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_mysql_tmpdir,
-   (gptr*) &opt_mysql_tmpdir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+   (uchar**) &opt_mysql_tmpdir,
+   (uchar**) &opt_mysql_tmpdir, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"transaction-isolation", OPT_TX_ISOLATION,
    "Default transaction isolation level.", 0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"use-symbolic-links", 's', "Enable symbolic link support. Deprecated option; use --symbolic-links instead.",
-   (gptr*) &my_use_symdir, (gptr*) &my_use_symdir, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &my_use_symdir, (uchar**) &my_use_symdir, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    IF_PURIFY(0,1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"user", 'u', "Run mysqld daemon as user.", 0, 0, 0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG,
    0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"verbose", 'v', "Used with --help option for detailed help",
-   (gptr*) &opt_verbose, (gptr*) &opt_verbose, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_verbose, (uchar**) &opt_verbose, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
   {"version", 'V', "Output version information and exit.", 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG,
    NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"warnings", 'W', "Deprecated; use --log-warnings instead.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.log_warnings,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.log_warnings, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, ~0L,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.log_warnings,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.log_warnings, 0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, ~0L,
    0, 0, 0},
   { "back_log", OPT_BACK_LOG,
     "The number of outstanding connection requests MySQL can have. This comes into play when the main MySQL thread gets very many connection requests in a very short time.",
-    (gptr*) &back_log, (gptr*) &back_log, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &back_log, (uchar**) &back_log, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 50, 1, 65535, 0, 1, 0 },
   {"binlog_cache_size", OPT_BINLOG_CACHE_SIZE,
    "The size of the cache to hold the SQL statements for the binary log during a transaction. If you often use big, multi-statement transactions you can increase this to get more performance.",
-   (gptr*) &binlog_cache_size, (gptr*) &binlog_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &binlog_cache_size, (uchar**) &binlog_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 32*1024L, IO_SIZE, ~0L, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"bulk_insert_buffer_size", OPT_BULK_INSERT_BUFFER_SIZE,
    "Size of tree cache used in bulk insert optimisation. Note that this is a limit per thread!",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.bulk_insert_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.bulk_insert_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.bulk_insert_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.bulk_insert_buff_size,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8192*1024, 0, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"connect_timeout", OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
    "The number of seconds the mysqld server is waiting for a connect packet before responding with 'Bad handshake'.",
-    (gptr*) &connect_timeout, (gptr*) &connect_timeout,
+    (uchar**) &connect_timeout, (uchar**) &connect_timeout,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, CONNECT_TIMEOUT, 2, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0 },
   { "date_format", OPT_DATE_FORMAT,
     "The DATE format (For future).",
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATE],
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATE],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATE],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATE],
     0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { "datetime_format", OPT_DATETIME_FORMAT,
     "The DATETIME/TIMESTAMP format (for future).",
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATETIME],
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATETIME],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATETIME],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_DATETIME],
     0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { "default_week_format", OPT_DEFAULT_WEEK_FORMAT,
     "The default week format used by WEEK() functions.",
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.default_week_format,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.default_week_format,
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.default_week_format,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.default_week_format,
     0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 7L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"delayed_insert_limit", OPT_DELAYED_INSERT_LIMIT,
    "After inserting delayed_insert_limit rows, the INSERT DELAYED handler will check if there are any SELECT statements pending. If so, it allows these to execute before continuing.",
-    (gptr*) &delayed_insert_limit, (gptr*) &delayed_insert_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &delayed_insert_limit, (uchar**) &delayed_insert_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, DELAYED_LIMIT, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"delayed_insert_timeout", OPT_DELAYED_INSERT_TIMEOUT,
    "How long a INSERT DELAYED thread should wait for INSERT statements before terminating.",
-   (gptr*) &delayed_insert_timeout, (gptr*) &delayed_insert_timeout, 0,
+   (uchar**) &delayed_insert_timeout, (uchar**) &delayed_insert_timeout, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, DELAYED_WAIT_TIMEOUT, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   { "delayed_queue_size", OPT_DELAYED_QUEUE_SIZE,
     "What size queue (in rows) should be allocated for handling INSERT DELAYED. If the queue becomes full, any client that does INSERT DELAYED will wait until there is room in the queue again.",
-    (gptr*) &delayed_queue_size, (gptr*) &delayed_queue_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &delayed_queue_size, (uchar**) &delayed_queue_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, DELAYED_QUEUE_SIZE, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"div_precision_increment", OPT_DIV_PRECINCREMENT,
    "Precision of the result of '/' operator will be increased on that value.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.div_precincrement,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.div_precincrement, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.div_precincrement,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.div_precincrement, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 4, 0, DECIMAL_MAX_SCALE, 0, 0, 0},
   {"expire_logs_days", OPT_EXPIRE_LOGS_DAYS,
    "If non-zero, binary logs will be purged after expire_logs_days "
    "days; possible purges happen at startup and at binary log rotation.",
-   (gptr*) &expire_logs_days,
-   (gptr*) &expire_logs_days, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &expire_logs_days,
+   (uchar**) &expire_logs_days, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 99, 0, 1, 0},
   { "flush_time", OPT_FLUSH_TIME,
     "A dedicated thread is created to flush all tables at the given interval.",
-    (gptr*) &flush_time, (gptr*) &flush_time, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+    (uchar**) &flush_time, (uchar**) &flush_time, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
     FLUSH_TIME, 0, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   { "ft_boolean_syntax", OPT_FT_BOOLEAN_SYNTAX,
     "List of operators for MATCH ... AGAINST ( ... IN BOOLEAN MODE)",
@@ -5990,148 +5990,148 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
     REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { "ft_max_word_len", OPT_FT_MAX_WORD_LEN,
     "The maximum length of the word to be included in a FULLTEXT index. Note: FULLTEXT indexes must be rebuilt after changing this variable.",
-    (gptr*) &ft_max_word_len, (gptr*) &ft_max_word_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &ft_max_word_len, (uchar**) &ft_max_word_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, HA_FT_MAXCHARLEN, 10, HA_FT_MAXCHARLEN, 0, 1, 0},
   { "ft_min_word_len", OPT_FT_MIN_WORD_LEN,
     "The minimum length of the word to be included in a FULLTEXT index. Note: FULLTEXT indexes must be rebuilt after changing this variable.",
-    (gptr*) &ft_min_word_len, (gptr*) &ft_min_word_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &ft_min_word_len, (uchar**) &ft_min_word_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 4, 1, HA_FT_MAXCHARLEN, 0, 1, 0},
   { "ft_query_expansion_limit", OPT_FT_QUERY_EXPANSION_LIMIT,
     "Number of best matches to use for query expansion",
-    (gptr*) &ft_query_expansion_limit, (gptr*) &ft_query_expansion_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &ft_query_expansion_limit, (uchar**) &ft_query_expansion_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 20, 0, 1000, 0, 1, 0},
   { "ft_stopword_file", OPT_FT_STOPWORD_FILE,
     "Use stopwords from this file instead of built-in list.",
-    (gptr*) &ft_stopword_file, (gptr*) &ft_stopword_file, 0, GET_STR,
+    (uchar**) &ft_stopword_file, (uchar**) &ft_stopword_file, 0, GET_STR,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   { "group_concat_max_len", OPT_GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN,
     "The maximum length of the result of function  group_concat.",
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.group_concat_max_len,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.group_concat_max_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.group_concat_max_len,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.group_concat_max_len, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 1024, 4, (long) ~0, 0, 1, 0},
 #ifdef WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE
   {"innodb_additional_mem_pool_size", OPT_INNODB_ADDITIONAL_MEM_POOL_SIZE,
    "Size of a memory pool InnoDB uses to store data dictionary information and other internal data structures.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_additional_mem_pool_size, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    1*1024*1024L, 512*1024L, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"innodb_autoextend_increment", OPT_INNODB_AUTOEXTEND_INCREMENT,
    "Data file autoextend increment in megabytes",
-   (gptr*) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
-   (gptr*) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
+   (uchar**) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
+   (uchar**) &srv_auto_extend_increment,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8L, 1L, 1000L, 0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_buffer_pool_size", OPT_INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_SIZE,
    "The size of the memory buffer InnoDB uses to cache data and indexes of its tables.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_buffer_pool_size, (gptr*) &innobase_buffer_pool_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_buffer_pool_size, (uchar**) &innobase_buffer_pool_size, 0,
    GET_LL, REQUIRED_ARG, 8*1024*1024L, 1024*1024L, LONGLONG_MAX, 0,
    1024*1024L, 0},
   {"innodb_commit_concurrency", OPT_INNODB_COMMIT_CONCURRENCY,
    "Helps in performance tuning in heavily concurrent environments.",
-   (gptr*) &srv_commit_concurrency, (gptr*) &srv_commit_concurrency,
+   (uchar**) &srv_commit_concurrency, (uchar**) &srv_commit_concurrency,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 1000, 0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_concurrency_tickets", OPT_INNODB_CONCURRENCY_TICKETS,
    "Number of times a thread is allowed to enter InnoDB within the same \
     SQL query after it has once got the ticket",
-   (gptr*) &srv_n_free_tickets_to_enter,
-   (gptr*) &srv_n_free_tickets_to_enter,
+   (uchar**) &srv_n_free_tickets_to_enter,
+   (uchar**) &srv_n_free_tickets_to_enter,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 500L, 1L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_file_io_threads", OPT_INNODB_FILE_IO_THREADS,
-   "Number of file I/O threads in InnoDB.", (gptr*) &innobase_file_io_threads,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_file_io_threads, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 4, 4, 64, 0,
+   "Number of file I/O threads in InnoDB.", (uchar**) &innobase_file_io_threads,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_file_io_threads, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 4, 4, 64, 0,
    1, 0},
   {"innodb_force_recovery", OPT_INNODB_FORCE_RECOVERY,
    "Helps to save your data in case the disk image of the database becomes corrupt.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_force_recovery, (gptr*) &innobase_force_recovery, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_force_recovery, (uchar**) &innobase_force_recovery, 0,
    GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 6, 0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_lock_wait_timeout", OPT_INNODB_LOCK_WAIT_TIMEOUT,
    "Timeout in seconds an InnoDB transaction may wait for a lock before being rolled back.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_lock_wait_timeout, (gptr*) &innobase_lock_wait_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_lock_wait_timeout, (uchar**) &innobase_lock_wait_timeout,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 50, 1, 1024 * 1024 * 1024, 0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_log_buffer_size", OPT_INNODB_LOG_BUFFER_SIZE,
    "The size of the buffer which InnoDB uses to write log to the log files on disk.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_log_buffer_size, (gptr*) &innobase_log_buffer_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_log_buffer_size, (uchar**) &innobase_log_buffer_size, 0,
    GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1024*1024L, 256*1024L, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"innodb_log_file_size", OPT_INNODB_LOG_FILE_SIZE,
    "Size of each log file in a log group.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_log_file_size, (gptr*) &innobase_log_file_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_log_file_size, (uchar**) &innobase_log_file_size, 0,
    GET_LL, REQUIRED_ARG, 5*1024*1024L, 1*1024*1024L, LONGLONG_MAX, 0,
    1024*1024L, 0},
   {"innodb_log_files_in_group", OPT_INNODB_LOG_FILES_IN_GROUP,
    "Number of log files in the log group. InnoDB writes to the files in a circular fashion. Value 3 is recommended here.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_log_files_in_group, (gptr*) &innobase_log_files_in_group,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_log_files_in_group, (uchar**) &innobase_log_files_in_group,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 2, 2, 100, 0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_mirrored_log_groups", OPT_INNODB_MIRRORED_LOG_GROUPS,
    "Number of identical copies of log groups we keep for the database. Currently this should be set to 1.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_mirrored_log_groups,
-   (gptr*) &innobase_mirrored_log_groups, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 1, 10,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_mirrored_log_groups,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_mirrored_log_groups, 0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 1, 10,
    0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_open_files", OPT_INNODB_OPEN_FILES,
    "How many files at the maximum InnoDB keeps open at the same time.",
-   (gptr*) &innobase_open_files, (gptr*) &innobase_open_files, 0,
+   (uchar**) &innobase_open_files, (uchar**) &innobase_open_files, 0,
    GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 300L, 10L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_sync_spin_loops", OPT_INNODB_SYNC_SPIN_LOOPS,
    "Count of spin-loop rounds in InnoDB mutexes",
-   (gptr*) &srv_n_spin_wait_rounds,
-   (gptr*) &srv_n_spin_wait_rounds,
+   (uchar**) &srv_n_spin_wait_rounds,
+   (uchar**) &srv_n_spin_wait_rounds,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 20L, 0L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
   {"innodb_thread_concurrency", OPT_INNODB_THREAD_CONCURRENCY,
    "Helps in performance tuning in heavily concurrent environments. "
    "Sets the maximum number of threads allowed inside InnoDB. Value 0"
    " will disable the thread throttling.",
-   (gptr*) &srv_thread_concurrency, (gptr*) &srv_thread_concurrency,
+   (uchar**) &srv_thread_concurrency, (uchar**) &srv_thread_concurrency,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8, 0, 1000, 0, 1, 0},
   {"innodb_thread_sleep_delay", OPT_INNODB_THREAD_SLEEP_DELAY,
    "Time of innodb thread sleeping before joining InnoDB queue (usec). Value 0"
     " disable a sleep",
-   (gptr*) &srv_thread_sleep_delay,
-   (gptr*) &srv_thread_sleep_delay,
+   (uchar**) &srv_thread_sleep_delay,
+   (uchar**) &srv_thread_sleep_delay,
    0, GET_LONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 10000L, 0L, ~0L, 0, 1L, 0},
 #endif /* WITH_INNOBASE_STORAGE_ENGINE */
   {"interactive_timeout", OPT_INTERACTIVE_TIMEOUT,
    "The number of seconds the server waits for activity on an interactive connection before closing it.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_interactive_timeout,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_interactive_timeout, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_interactive_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_interactive_timeout, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, NET_WAIT_TIMEOUT, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"join_buffer_size", OPT_JOIN_BUFF_SIZE,
    "The size of the buffer that is used for full joins.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.join_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.join_buff_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.join_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.join_buff_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 128*1024L, IO_SIZE*2+MALLOC_OVERHEAD, ~0L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD,
    IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"key_buffer_size", OPT_KEY_BUFFER_SIZE,
    "The size of the buffer used for index blocks for MyISAM tables. Increase this to get better index handling (for all reads and multiple writes) to as much as you can afford; 64M on a 256M machine that mainly runs MySQL is quite common.",
-   (gptr*) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) 0,
+   (uchar**) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) 0,
    0, (GET_ULL | GET_ASK_ADDR),
    REQUIRED_ARG, KEY_CACHE_SIZE, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, ~(ulong) 0, MALLOC_OVERHEAD,
    IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"key_cache_age_threshold", OPT_KEY_CACHE_AGE_THRESHOLD,
    "This characterizes the number of hits a hot block has to be untouched until it is considered aged enough to be downgraded to a warm block. This specifies the percentage ratio of that number of hits to the total number of blocks in key cache",
-   (gptr*) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_age_threshold,
-   (gptr*) 0,
+   (uchar**) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_age_threshold,
+   (uchar**) 0,
    0, (GET_ULONG | GET_ASK_ADDR), REQUIRED_ARG, 
    300, 100, ~0L, 0, 100, 0},
   {"key_cache_block_size", OPT_KEY_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "The default size of key cache blocks",
-   (gptr*) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_block_size,
-   (gptr*) 0,
+   (uchar**) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_block_size,
+   (uchar**) 0,
    0, (GET_ULONG | GET_ASK_ADDR), REQUIRED_ARG,
    KEY_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE , 512, 1024*16, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 512, 0},
   {"key_cache_division_limit", OPT_KEY_CACHE_DIVISION_LIMIT,
    "The minimum percentage of warm blocks in key cache",
-   (gptr*) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_division_limit,
-   (gptr*) 0,
+   (uchar**) &dflt_key_cache_var.param_division_limit,
+   (uchar**) 0,
    0, (GET_ULONG | GET_ASK_ADDR) , REQUIRED_ARG, 100,
    1, 100, 0, 1, 0},
   {"long_query_time", OPT_LONG_QUERY_TIME,
    "Log all queries that have taken more than long_query_time seconds to execute to file.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.long_query_time,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.long_query_time, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.long_query_time,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.long_query_time, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 10, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"lower_case_table_names", OPT_LOWER_CASE_TABLE_NAMES,
    "If set to 1 table names are stored in lowercase on disk and table names will be case-insensitive.  Should be set to 2 if you are using a case insensitive file system",
-   (gptr*) &lower_case_table_names,
-   (gptr*) &lower_case_table_names, 0, GET_UINT, OPT_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &lower_case_table_names,
+   (uchar**) &lower_case_table_names, 0, GET_UINT, OPT_ARG,
 #ifdef FN_NO_CASE_SENCE
     1
 #else
@@ -6140,351 +6140,351 @@ log and this option does nothing anymore.",
    , 0, 2, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_allowed_packet", OPT_MAX_ALLOWED_PACKET,
    "Max packetlength to send/receive from to server.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_allowed_packet,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_allowed_packet, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_allowed_packet,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_allowed_packet, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 1024*1024L, 1024, 1024L*1024L*1024L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0},
   {"max_binlog_cache_size", OPT_MAX_BINLOG_CACHE_SIZE,
    "Can be used to restrict the total size used to cache a multi-transaction query.",
-   (gptr*) &max_binlog_cache_size, (gptr*) &max_binlog_cache_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &max_binlog_cache_size, (uchar**) &max_binlog_cache_size, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, ~0L, IO_SIZE, ~0L, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"max_binlog_size", OPT_MAX_BINLOG_SIZE,
    "Binary log will be rotated automatically when the size exceeds this \
 value. Will also apply to relay logs if max_relay_log_size is 0. \
 The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
-   (gptr*) &max_binlog_size, (gptr*) &max_binlog_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &max_binlog_size, (uchar**) &max_binlog_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 1024*1024L*1024L, IO_SIZE, 1024*1024L*1024L, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"max_connect_errors", OPT_MAX_CONNECT_ERRORS,
    "If there is more than this number of interrupted connections from a host this host will be blocked from further connections.",
-   (gptr*) &max_connect_errors, (gptr*) &max_connect_errors, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &max_connect_errors, (uchar**) &max_connect_errors, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, MAX_CONNECT_ERRORS, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   // Default max_connections of 151 is larger than Apache's default max
   // children, to avoid "too many connections" error in a common setup
   {"max_connections", OPT_MAX_CONNECTIONS,
-   "The number of simultaneous clients allowed.", (gptr*) &max_connections,
-   (gptr*) &max_connections, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 151, 1, 100000, 0, 1,
+   "The number of simultaneous clients allowed.", (uchar**) &max_connections,
+   (uchar**) &max_connections, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 151, 1, 100000, 0, 1,
    0},
   {"max_delayed_threads", OPT_MAX_DELAYED_THREADS,
    "Don't start more than this number of threads to handle INSERT DELAYED statements. If set to zero, which means INSERT DELAYED is not used.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_insert_delayed_threads,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_insert_delayed_threads,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_insert_delayed_threads,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_insert_delayed_threads,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 20, 0, 16384, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_error_count", OPT_MAX_ERROR_COUNT,
    "Max number of errors/warnings to store for a statement.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_error_count,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_error_count,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_error_count,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_error_count,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, DEFAULT_ERROR_COUNT, 0, 65535, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_heap_table_size", OPT_MAX_HEP_TABLE_SIZE,
    "Don't allow creation of heap tables bigger than this.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_heap_table_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_heap_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_heap_table_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_heap_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 16*1024*1024L, 16384, MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE,
    MALLOC_OVERHEAD, 1024, 0},
   {"max_join_size", OPT_MAX_JOIN_SIZE,
    "Joins that are probably going to read more than max_join_size records return an error.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_join_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_join_size, 0, GET_HA_ROWS, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_join_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_join_size, 0, GET_HA_ROWS, REQUIRED_ARG,
    ~0L, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
    {"max_length_for_sort_data", OPT_MAX_LENGTH_FOR_SORT_DATA,
     "Max number of bytes in sorted records.",
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_length_for_sort_data,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_length_for_sort_data, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_length_for_sort_data,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_length_for_sort_data, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 1024, 4, 8192*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_prepared_stmt_count", OPT_MAX_PREPARED_STMT_COUNT,
    "Maximum number of prepared statements in the server.",
-   (gptr*) &max_prepared_stmt_count, (gptr*) &max_prepared_stmt_count,
+   (uchar**) &max_prepared_stmt_count, (uchar**) &max_prepared_stmt_count,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 16382, 0, 1*1024*1024, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_relay_log_size", OPT_MAX_RELAY_LOG_SIZE,
    "If non-zero: relay log will be rotated automatically when the size exceeds this value; if zero (the default): when the size exceeds max_binlog_size. 0 excepted, the minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
-   (gptr*) &max_relay_log_size, (gptr*) &max_relay_log_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &max_relay_log_size, (uchar**) &max_relay_log_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0L, 0L, 1024*1024L*1024L, 0, IO_SIZE, 0},
   { "max_seeks_for_key", OPT_MAX_SEEKS_FOR_KEY,
     "Limit assumed max number of seeks when looking up rows based on a key",
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_seeks_for_key,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_seeks_for_key, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_seeks_for_key,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_seeks_for_key, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, ~0L, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0 },
   {"max_sort_length", OPT_MAX_SORT_LENGTH,
    "The number of bytes to use when sorting BLOB or TEXT values (only the first max_sort_length bytes of each value are used; the rest are ignored).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_sort_length,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_sort_length, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_sort_length,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_sort_length, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 1024, 4, 8192*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_sp_recursion_depth", OPT_MAX_SP_RECURSION_DEPTH,
    "Maximum stored procedure recursion depth. (discussed with docs).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_sp_recursion_depth,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_sp_recursion_depth, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_sp_recursion_depth,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_sp_recursion_depth, 0, GET_ULONG,
    OPT_ARG, 0, 0, 255, 0, 1, 0 },
   {"max_tmp_tables", OPT_MAX_TMP_TABLES,
    "Maximum number of temporary tables a client can keep open at a time.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.max_tmp_tables,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.max_tmp_tables, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.max_tmp_tables,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.max_tmp_tables, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 32, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_user_connections", OPT_MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS,
    "The maximum number of active connections for a single user (0 = no limit).",
-   (gptr*) &max_user_connections, (gptr*) &max_user_connections, 0, GET_UINT,
+   (uchar**) &max_user_connections, (uchar**) &max_user_connections, 0, GET_UINT,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 1, ~0, 0, 1, 0},
   {"max_write_lock_count", OPT_MAX_WRITE_LOCK_COUNT,
    "After this many write locks, allow some read locks to run in between.",
-   (gptr*) &max_write_lock_count, (gptr*) &max_write_lock_count, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &max_write_lock_count, (uchar**) &max_write_lock_count, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, ~0L, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"multi_range_count", OPT_MULTI_RANGE_COUNT,
    "Number of key ranges to request at once.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.multi_range_count,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.multi_range_count, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.multi_range_count,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.multi_range_count, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 256, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"myisam_block_size", OPT_MYISAM_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "Block size to be used for MyISAM index pages.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_myisam_block_size,
-   (gptr*) &opt_myisam_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &opt_myisam_block_size,
+   (uchar**) &opt_myisam_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    MI_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, MI_MIN_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, MI_MAX_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH,
    0, MI_MIN_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, 0},
   {"myisam_data_pointer_size", OPT_MYISAM_DATA_POINTER_SIZE,
    "Default pointer size to be used for MyISAM tables.",
-   (gptr*) &myisam_data_pointer_size,
-   (gptr*) &myisam_data_pointer_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_data_pointer_size,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_data_pointer_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    6, 2, 7, 0, 1, 0},
   {"myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size", OPT_MYISAM_MAX_EXTRA_SORT_FILE_SIZE,
    "Deprecated option",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size,
    0, GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, (ulonglong) MI_MAX_TEMP_LENGTH,
    0, (ulonglong) MAX_FILE_SIZE, 0, 1, 0},
   {"myisam_max_sort_file_size", OPT_MYISAM_MAX_SORT_FILE_SIZE,
    "Don't use the fast sort index method to created index if the temporary file would get bigger than this.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.myisam_max_sort_file_size, 0,
    GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, (longlong) LONG_MAX, 0, (ulonglong) MAX_FILE_SIZE,
    0, 1024*1024, 0},
   {"myisam_repair_threads", OPT_MYISAM_REPAIR_THREADS,
    "Number of threads to use when repairing MyISAM tables. The value of 1 disables parallel repair.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_repair_threads,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_repair_threads, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.myisam_repair_threads,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.myisam_repair_threads, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"myisam_sort_buffer_size", OPT_MYISAM_SORT_BUFFER_SIZE,
    "The buffer that is allocated when sorting the index when doing a REPAIR or when creating indexes with CREATE INDEX or ALTER TABLE.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.myisam_sort_buff_size, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 8192*1024, 4, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"myisam_use_mmap", OPT_MYISAM_USE_MMAP,
    "Use memory mapping for reading and writing MyISAM tables",
-   (gptr*) &opt_myisam_use_mmap,
-   (gptr*) &opt_myisam_use_mmap, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 
+   (uchar**) &opt_myisam_use_mmap,
+   (uchar**) &opt_myisam_use_mmap, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"myisam_stats_method", OPT_MYISAM_STATS_METHOD,
    "Specifies how MyISAM index statistics collection code should threat NULLs. "
    "Possible values of name are \"nulls_unequal\" (default behavior for 4.1/5.0), "
    "\"nulls_equal\" (emulate 4.0 behavior), and \"nulls_ignored\".",
-   (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, (gptr*) &myisam_stats_method_str, 0,
+   (uchar**) &myisam_stats_method_str, (uchar**) &myisam_stats_method_str, 0,
     GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"net_buffer_length", OPT_NET_BUFFER_LENGTH,
    "Buffer length for TCP/IP and socket communication.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_buffer_length,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_buffer_length, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_buffer_length,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_buffer_length, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 16384, 1024, 1024*1024L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"net_read_timeout", OPT_NET_READ_TIMEOUT,
    "Number of seconds to wait for more data from a connection before aborting the read.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_read_timeout,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_read_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_read_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_read_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, NET_READ_TIMEOUT, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"net_retry_count", OPT_NET_RETRY_COUNT,
    "If a read on a communication port is interrupted, retry this many times before giving up.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_retry_count,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_retry_count,0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_retry_count,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_retry_count,0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, MYSQLD_NET_RETRY_COUNT, 1, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"net_write_timeout", OPT_NET_WRITE_TIMEOUT,
    "Number of seconds to wait for a block to be written to a connection  before aborting the write.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_write_timeout,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_write_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_write_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_write_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, NET_WRITE_TIMEOUT, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   { "old", OPT_OLD_MODE, "Use compatible behavior.", 
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.old_mode,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.old_mode, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.old_mode,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.old_mode, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 
     0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"open_files_limit", OPT_OPEN_FILES_LIMIT,
    "If this is not 0, then mysqld will use this value to reserve file descriptors to use with setrlimit(). If this value is 0 then mysqld will reserve max_connections*5 or max_connections + table_cache*2 (whichever is larger) number of files.",
-   (gptr*) &open_files_limit, (gptr*) &open_files_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &open_files_limit, (uchar**) &open_files_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, OS_FILE_LIMIT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"optimizer_prune_level", OPT_OPTIMIZER_PRUNE_LEVEL,
    "Controls the heuristic(s) applied during query optimization to prune less-promising partial plans from the optimizer search space. Meaning: 0 - do not apply any heuristic, thus perform exhaustive search; 1 - prune plans based on number of retrieved rows.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.optimizer_prune_level,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.optimizer_prune_level,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.optimizer_prune_level,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.optimizer_prune_level,
    0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"optimizer_search_depth", OPT_OPTIMIZER_SEARCH_DEPTH,
    "Maximum depth of search performed by the query optimizer. Values larger than the number of relations in a query result in better query plans, but take longer to compile a query. Smaller values than the number of tables in a relation result in faster optimization, but may produce very bad query plans. If set to 0, the system will automatically pick a reasonable value; if set to MAX_TABLES+2, the optimizer will switch to the original find_best (used for testing/comparison).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.optimizer_search_depth,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.optimizer_search_depth,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.optimizer_search_depth,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.optimizer_search_depth,
    0, GET_ULONG, OPT_ARG, MAX_TABLES+1, 0, MAX_TABLES+2, 0, 1, 0},
   {"plugin_dir", OPT_PLUGIN_DIR,
    "Directory for plugins.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_plugin_dir_ptr, (gptr*) &opt_plugin_dir_ptr, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_plugin_dir_ptr, (uchar**) &opt_plugin_dir_ptr, 0,
    GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
    {"preload_buffer_size", OPT_PRELOAD_BUFFER_SIZE,
     "The size of the buffer that is allocated when preloading indexes",
-    (gptr*) &global_system_variables.preload_buff_size,
-    (gptr*) &max_system_variables.preload_buff_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+    (uchar**) &global_system_variables.preload_buff_size,
+    (uchar**) &max_system_variables.preload_buff_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
     REQUIRED_ARG, 32*1024L, 1024, 1024*1024*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"query_alloc_block_size", OPT_QUERY_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "Allocation block size for query parsing and execution",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.query_alloc_block_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.query_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.query_alloc_block_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.query_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, QUERY_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE, 1024, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_QUERY_CACHE
   {"query_cache_limit", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_LIMIT,
    "Don't cache results that are bigger than this.",
-   (gptr*) &query_cache_limit, (gptr*) &query_cache_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &query_cache_limit, (uchar**) &query_cache_limit, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 1024*1024L, 0, (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1, 0},
   {"query_cache_min_res_unit", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_MIN_RES_UNIT,
    "minimal size of unit in wich space for results is allocated (last unit will be trimed after writing all result data.",
-   (gptr*) &query_cache_min_res_unit, (gptr*) &query_cache_min_res_unit,
+   (uchar**) &query_cache_min_res_unit, (uchar**) &query_cache_min_res_unit,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, QUERY_CACHE_MIN_RESULT_DATA_SIZE,
    0, (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1, 0},
 #endif /*HAVE_QUERY_CACHE*/
   {"query_cache_size", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_SIZE,
    "The memory allocated to store results from old queries.",
-   (gptr*) &query_cache_size, (gptr*) &query_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &query_cache_size, (uchar**) &query_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1024, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_QUERY_CACHE
   {"query_cache_type", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_TYPE,
    "0 = OFF = Don't cache or retrieve results. 1 = ON = Cache all results except SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE ... queries. 2 = DEMAND = Cache only SELECT SQL_CACHE ... queries.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.query_cache_type,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.query_cache_type,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.query_cache_type,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.query_cache_type,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0},
   {"query_cache_wlock_invalidate", OPT_QUERY_CACHE_WLOCK_INVALIDATE,
    "Invalidate queries in query cache on LOCK for write",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.query_cache_wlock_invalidate,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.query_cache_wlock_invalidate,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.query_cache_wlock_invalidate,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.query_cache_wlock_invalidate,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
 #endif /*HAVE_QUERY_CACHE*/
   {"query_prealloc_size", OPT_QUERY_PREALLOC_SIZE,
    "Persistent buffer for query parsing and execution",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.query_prealloc_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.query_prealloc_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.query_prealloc_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.query_prealloc_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, QUERY_ALLOC_PREALLOC_SIZE, QUERY_ALLOC_PREALLOC_SIZE,
    ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"range_alloc_block_size", OPT_RANGE_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "Allocation block size for storing ranges during optimization",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.range_alloc_block_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.range_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.range_alloc_block_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.range_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, RANGE_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE, 4096, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"read_buffer_size", OPT_RECORD_BUFFER,
    "Each thread that does a sequential scan allocates a buffer of this size for each table it scans. If you do many sequential scans, you may want to increase this value.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.read_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.read_buff_size,0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.read_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.read_buff_size,0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    128*1024L, IO_SIZE*2+MALLOC_OVERHEAD, SSIZE_MAX, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, IO_SIZE,
    0},
   {"read_only", OPT_READONLY,
    "Make all non-temporary tables read-only, with the exception for replication (slave) threads and users with the SUPER privilege",
-   (gptr*) &opt_readonly,
-   (gptr*) &opt_readonly,
+   (uchar**) &opt_readonly,
+   (uchar**) &opt_readonly,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"read_rnd_buffer_size", OPT_RECORD_RND_BUFFER,
    "When reading rows in sorted order after a sort, the rows are read through this buffer to avoid a disk seeks. If not set, then it's set to the value of record_buffer.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.read_rnd_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.read_rnd_buff_size, 0,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.read_rnd_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.read_rnd_buff_size, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 256*1024L, IO_SIZE*2+MALLOC_OVERHEAD,
    SSIZE_MAX, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, IO_SIZE, 0},
   {"record_buffer", OPT_RECORD_BUFFER,
    "Alias for read_buffer_size",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.read_buff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.read_buff_size,0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.read_buff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.read_buff_size,0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    128*1024L, IO_SIZE*2+MALLOC_OVERHEAD, SSIZE_MAX, MALLOC_OVERHEAD, IO_SIZE, 0},
 #ifdef HAVE_REPLICATION
   {"relay_log_purge", OPT_RELAY_LOG_PURGE,
    "0 = do not purge relay logs. 1 = purge them as soon as they are no more needed.",
-   (gptr*) &relay_log_purge,
-   (gptr*) &relay_log_purge, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &relay_log_purge,
+   (uchar**) &relay_log_purge, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG,
    1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"relay_log_space_limit", OPT_RELAY_LOG_SPACE_LIMIT,
    "Maximum space to use for all relay logs.",
-   (gptr*) &relay_log_space_limit,
-   (gptr*) &relay_log_space_limit, 0, GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, 0L, 0L,
+   (uchar**) &relay_log_space_limit,
+   (uchar**) &relay_log_space_limit, 0, GET_ULL, REQUIRED_ARG, 0L, 0L,
    (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1, 0},
   {"slave_compressed_protocol", OPT_SLAVE_COMPRESSED_PROTOCOL,
    "Use compression on master/slave protocol.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_slave_compressed_protocol,
-   (gptr*) &opt_slave_compressed_protocol,
+   (uchar**) &opt_slave_compressed_protocol,
+   (uchar**) &opt_slave_compressed_protocol,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"slave_net_timeout", OPT_SLAVE_NET_TIMEOUT,
    "Number of seconds to wait for more data from a master/slave connection before aborting the read.",
-   (gptr*) &slave_net_timeout, (gptr*) &slave_net_timeout, 0,
+   (uchar**) &slave_net_timeout, (uchar**) &slave_net_timeout, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, SLAVE_NET_TIMEOUT, 1, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"slave_transaction_retries", OPT_SLAVE_TRANS_RETRIES,
    "Number of times the slave SQL thread will retry a transaction in case "
    "it failed with a deadlock or elapsed lock wait timeout, "
    "before giving up and stopping.",
-   (gptr*) &slave_trans_retries, (gptr*) &slave_trans_retries, 0,
+   (uchar**) &slave_trans_retries, (uchar**) &slave_trans_retries, 0,
    GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 10L, 0L, (longlong) ULONG_MAX, 0, 1, 0},
 #endif /* HAVE_REPLICATION */
   {"slow_launch_time", OPT_SLOW_LAUNCH_TIME,
    "If creating the thread takes longer than this value (in seconds), the Slow_launch_threads counter will be incremented.",
-   (gptr*) &slow_launch_time, (gptr*) &slow_launch_time, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &slow_launch_time, (uchar**) &slow_launch_time, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 2L, 0L, LONG_TIMEOUT, 0, 1, 0},
   {"sort_buffer_size", OPT_SORT_BUFFER,
    "Each thread that needs to do a sort allocates a buffer of this size.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.sortbuff_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.sortbuff_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.sortbuff_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.sortbuff_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    MAX_SORT_MEMORY, MIN_SORT_MEMORY+MALLOC_OVERHEAD*2, ~0L, MALLOC_OVERHEAD,
    1, 0},
   {"sync-binlog", OPT_SYNC_BINLOG,
    "Synchronously flush binary log to disk after every #th event. "
    "Use 0 (default) to disable synchronous flushing.",
-   (gptr*) &sync_binlog_period, (gptr*) &sync_binlog_period, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &sync_binlog_period, (uchar**) &sync_binlog_period, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, ~0L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"sync-frm", OPT_SYNC_FRM, "Sync .frm to disk on create. Enabled by default.",
-   (gptr*) &opt_sync_frm, (gptr*) &opt_sync_frm, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0,
+   (uchar**) &opt_sync_frm, (uchar**) &opt_sync_frm, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 1, 0,
    0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"table_cache", OPT_TABLE_OPEN_CACHE,
    "Deprecated; use --table_open_cache instead.",
-   (gptr*) &table_cache_size, (gptr*) &table_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &table_cache_size, (uchar**) &table_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, TABLE_OPEN_CACHE_DEFAULT, 1, 512*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"table_definition_cache", OPT_TABLE_DEF_CACHE,
    "The number of cached table definitions.",
-   (gptr*) &table_def_size, (gptr*) &table_def_size,
+   (uchar**) &table_def_size, (uchar**) &table_def_size,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 128, 1, 512*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"table_open_cache", OPT_TABLE_OPEN_CACHE,
    "The number of cached open tables.",
-   (gptr*) &table_cache_size, (gptr*) &table_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &table_cache_size, (uchar**) &table_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, TABLE_OPEN_CACHE_DEFAULT, 1, 512*1024L, 0, 1, 0},
   {"table_lock_wait_timeout", OPT_TABLE_LOCK_WAIT_TIMEOUT,
    "Timeout in seconds to wait for a table level lock before returning an "
    "error. Used only if the connection has active cursors.",
-   (gptr*) &table_lock_wait_timeout, (gptr*) &table_lock_wait_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &table_lock_wait_timeout, (uchar**) &table_lock_wait_timeout,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 50, 1, 1024 * 1024 * 1024, 0, 1, 0},
   {"thread_cache_size", OPT_THREAD_CACHE_SIZE,
    "How many threads we should keep in a cache for reuse.",
-   (gptr*) &thread_cache_size, (gptr*) &thread_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &thread_cache_size, (uchar**) &thread_cache_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 16384, 0, 1, 0},
   {"thread_concurrency", OPT_THREAD_CONCURRENCY,
    "Permits the application to give the threads system a hint for the desired number of threads that should be run at the same time.",
-   (gptr*) &concurrency, (gptr*) &concurrency, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   (uchar**) &concurrency, (uchar**) &concurrency, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
    DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY, 1, 512, 0, 1, 0},
 #if HAVE_POOL_OF_THREADS == 1
   {"thread_pool_size", OPT_THREAD_CACHE_SIZE,
    "How many threads we should create to handle query requests in case of 'thread_handling=pool-of-threads'",
-   (gptr*) &thread_pool_size, (gptr*) &thread_pool_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &thread_pool_size, (uchar**) &thread_pool_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 20, 1, 16384, 0, 1, 0},
 #endif
   {"thread_stack", OPT_THREAD_STACK,
-   "The stack size for each thread.", (gptr*) &thread_stack,
-   (gptr*) &thread_stack, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,DEFAULT_THREAD_STACK,
+   "The stack size for each thread.", (uchar**) &thread_stack,
+   (uchar**) &thread_stack, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,DEFAULT_THREAD_STACK,
    1024L*128L, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   { "time_format", OPT_TIME_FORMAT,
     "The TIME format (for future).",
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME],
-    (gptr*) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME],
+    (uchar**) &opt_date_time_formats[MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME],
     0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"tmp_table_size", OPT_TMP_TABLE_SIZE,
    "If an in-memory temporary table exceeds this size, MySQL will automatically convert it to an on-disk MyISAM table.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.tmp_table_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.tmp_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.tmp_table_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.tmp_table_size, 0, GET_ULL,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 16*1024*1024L, 1024, MAX_MEM_TABLE_SIZE, 0, 1, 0},
   {"transaction_alloc_block_size", OPT_TRANS_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE,
    "Allocation block size for various transaction-related structures",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.trans_alloc_block_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.trans_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.trans_alloc_block_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.trans_alloc_block_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, QUERY_ALLOC_BLOCK_SIZE, 1024, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"transaction_prealloc_size", OPT_TRANS_PREALLOC_SIZE,
    "Persistent buffer for various transaction-related structures",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.trans_prealloc_size,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.trans_prealloc_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.trans_prealloc_size,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.trans_prealloc_size, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, TRANS_ALLOC_PREALLOC_SIZE, 1024, ~0L, 0, 1024, 0},
   {"thread_handling", OPT_THREAD_HANDLING,
    "Define threads usage for handling queries:  "
@@ -6492,13 +6492,13 @@ The minimum value for this variable is 4096.",
    0, GET_STR, REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"updatable_views_with_limit", OPT_UPDATABLE_VIEWS_WITH_LIMIT,
    "1 = YES = Don't issue an error message (warning only) if a VIEW without presence of a key of the underlying table is used in queries with a LIMIT clause for updating. 0 = NO = Prohibit update of a VIEW, which does not contain a key of the underlying table and the query uses a LIMIT clause (usually get from GUI tools).",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.updatable_views_with_limit,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.updatable_views_with_limit,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.updatable_views_with_limit,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.updatable_views_with_limit,
    0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
   {"wait_timeout", OPT_WAIT_TIMEOUT,
    "The number of seconds the server waits for activity on a connection before closing it.",
-   (gptr*) &global_system_variables.net_wait_timeout,
-   (gptr*) &max_system_variables.net_wait_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
+   (uchar**) &global_system_variables.net_wait_timeout,
+   (uchar**) &max_system_variables.net_wait_timeout, 0, GET_ULONG,
    REQUIRED_ARG, NET_WAIT_TIMEOUT, 1, IF_WIN(INT_MAX32/1000, LONG_TIMEOUT),
    0, 1, 0},
   {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, GET_NO_ARG, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -7194,7 +7194,7 @@ static void mysql_init_variables(void)
   prepared_stmt_count= 0;
   errmesg= 0;
   mysqld_unix_port= opt_mysql_tmpdir= my_bind_addr_str= NullS;
-  bzero((gptr) &mysql_tmpdir_list, sizeof(mysql_tmpdir_list));
+  bzero((uchar*) &mysql_tmpdir_list, sizeof(mysql_tmpdir_list));
   bzero((char *) &global_status_var, sizeof(global_status_var));
   opt_large_pages= 0;
   key_map_full.set_all();
@@ -7894,7 +7894,7 @@ get_one_option(int optid, const struct my_option *opt __attribute__((unused)),
     break;
   }
   case OPT_FT_BOOLEAN_SYNTAX:
-    if (ft_boolean_check_syntax_string((byte*) argument))
+    if (ft_boolean_check_syntax_string((uchar*) argument))
     {
       fprintf(stderr, "Invalid ft-boolean-syntax string: %s\n", argument);
       exit(1);
@@ -7915,7 +7915,7 @@ get_one_option(int optid, const struct my_option *opt __attribute__((unused)),
 }
 	/* Initiates DEBUG - but no debugging here ! */
 
-static gptr *
+static uchar* *
 mysql_getopt_value(const char *keyname, uint key_length,
 		   const struct my_option *option)
 {
@@ -7930,13 +7930,13 @@ mysql_getopt_value(const char *keyname, uint key_length,
       exit(1);
     switch (option->id) {
     case OPT_KEY_BUFFER_SIZE:
-      return (gptr*) &key_cache->param_buff_size;
+      return (uchar**) &key_cache->param_buff_size;
     case OPT_KEY_CACHE_BLOCK_SIZE:
-      return (gptr*) &key_cache->param_block_size;
+      return (uchar**) &key_cache->param_block_size;
     case OPT_KEY_CACHE_DIVISION_LIMIT:
-      return (gptr*) &key_cache->param_division_limit;
+      return (uchar**) &key_cache->param_division_limit;
     case OPT_KEY_CACHE_AGE_THRESHOLD:
-      return (gptr*) &key_cache->param_age_threshold;
+      return (uchar**) &key_cache->param_age_threshold;
     }
   }
   }
@@ -8102,7 +8102,7 @@ static char *get_relative_path(const char *path)
 */
 
 bool
-fn_format_relative_to_data_home(my_string to, const char *name,
+fn_format_relative_to_data_home(char * to, const char *name,
 				const char *dir, const char *extension)
 {
   char tmp_path[FN_REFLEN];
@@ -8220,7 +8220,7 @@ static ulong find_bit_type(const char *x, TYPELIB *bit_lib)
 
   found=0;
   found_end= 0;
-  pos=(my_string) x;
+  pos=(char *) x;
   while (*pos == ' ') pos++;
   found_end= *pos == 0;
   while (!found_end)
@@ -8317,7 +8317,7 @@ static void create_pid_file()
     char buff[21], *end;
     end= int10_to_str((long) getpid(), buff, 10);
     *end++= '\n';
-    if (!my_write(file, (byte*) buff, (uint) (end-buff), MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP)))
+    if (!my_write(file, (uchar*) buff, (uint) (end-buff), MYF(MY_WME | MY_NABP)))
     {
       (void) my_close(file, MYF(0));
       return;