Notes:
This patch doesn't fix all issues in the tree and we need jani's fix for that
This patch shoud not be merged into 5.0

into  mysql.com:/home/gluh/MySQL/Merge/4.1

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into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build-work

- recommit in 4.1

into  trift2.:/MySQL/M41/push-4.1

The bug is actually a duplicate of the bug 14708.
Down-ported the fix for 14708 from 5.0.  
Merged the test case for bug 14708 from 5.0.

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into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build-work

into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build-work

into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build

into  a88-113-38-195.elisa-laajakaista.fi:/home/my/bk/mysql-4.1

Fix to check library in use during runtime.
Fix for Bug#16995, "idle connections not being killed due to timeout when NPTL is used".

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into  siva.hindu.god:/home/tsmith/m/bk/mrg-jan17/41

into  siva.hindu.god:/home/tsmith/m/bk/mrg-jan17/41

into  siva.hindu.god:/home/tsmith/m/bk/mrg-jan17/41

into  zippy.cornsilk.net:/home/cmiller/work/mysql/mysql-4.1-maint

into  mysql.com:/nfsdisk1/lars/MERGE/mysql-4.1-merge

	hyphen in it (like ds-cpl).

convert illegal chars in cpu flags to '_' for variable assignment

by the patch for Bug#4968

into  pilot.mysql.com:/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1-maint

into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build

into  bodhi.local:/opt/local/work/mysql-4.1-4968-to-push

into  kahlann.erinye.com:/home/df/mysql/build/mysql-4.1-build

for queries using 'range checked for each record'.
The problem was fixed in 5.0 by the patch for bug 12291.
This patch down-ported the corresponding code from 5.0 into 
QUICK_SELECT::init() and added a new test case. 

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