Update of glibc patch from MySQL 4.0

into sinisa.nasamreza.org:/mnt/mail/work/mysql

This time I did it "by the book" as this function can return any 
of the down cited values after timeout !! This is now done 100 %
according to HP-UX DCE documentation.

This made Hewlett-Packard very happy.

Changed some status variable names
Fix bug in GRANT ... PASSWORD string

into sergbook.mysql.com:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.0

Various cleanups in News 4.0.2 section.

into teton.kitebird.com:/home/paul/mysql-4.0

into rhols221.adsl.netsonic.fi:/home/my/bk/mysql-4.0

mysql_copyright to replace it

Read a manual for more detail

Made detection of GNU tar a bit more flexible.
Only use /usr/local/mysql-glibc if it actually exists

into hegel.local:/home/miguel/dev/mysql-4.0

into fred.bitbike.com:/home/arjen/mysql-4.0

- Fixed some bugs, wrongly freed pointers, in some clients.
- Removed unneccessary code.
- Fixed some other minor bugs and added some options into
  variables category, which had accidently been left out earlier.