into  rama.(none):/home/jimw/my/mysql-5.0-17485

into  mysql.com:/home/tnurnberg/work/mysql-5.0-21014

mysqldump did not select the correct database before trying to dump
views from it. this resulted in an empty result set, which in turn
startled mysql-dump into a core-dump.  this only happened for views,
not for tables, and was only visible with multiple databases that
weren't by sheer luck in the order mysqldump required, anyway. this
fixes by selecting the correct database before dumping views; it also
catches the empty set-condition if it should occur for other reasons.

into  zippy.(none):/home/cmiller/work/mysql/m50--07C2P

into  zippy.(none):/home/cmiller/work/mysql/m50-maint--07C2P

into  zippy.(none):/home/cmiller/work/mysql/m50-maint--07C2P

into  mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-5.0.clean

into  zippy.(none):/home/cmiller/work/mysql/m50-maint--07C2P

The bug is thqt we use some nonstandard assembly codes in our strings
source, and some assemblers don't know what to do with them:  Specifically,
Sun's Solaris assembler and Apple's Darwin assembler balk at them.

This patch, rather than trying to test for properties of the assembler, 
which Autoconf doesn't have any decent facilites for, instead tries to
compile the code in question and disables assembly if it fails.

There's still the problem of unportable assembly, but I'll leave that 
to someone who feels like rewriting and debugging it.

into  dl145k.mysql.com:/data0/mkindahl/bk/mysql-5.0-rpl

  Using \U or \u in a prompt with the mysql command-line client could
  crash when connecting to the instance manager, since it does not return
  information about the user when asked by the client. This is fixed by
  having the client use what it knowns about the user (or giving up and
  saying "(unknown)").

into  bodhi.local:/opt/local/work/mysql-5.0-runtime-merge-41

into  chilla.local:/home/mydev/mysql-5.0-amerge

into  trift2.:/M50/mysql-5.0

into  dl145k.mysql.com:/data0/mkindahl/bk/MERGE/mysql-5.0-merge

into  bodhi.local:/opt/local/work/mysql-5.0-runtime-merge-41

into  trift2.:/M50/mysql-5.0

the server's binlog file, might be set to a different directory.  This adds a new
"vardir" parameter, which takes the name of the directory as a value, so that the 
test_bug17667() test can find the binlog.  

into  gbichot3.local:/home/mysql_src/mysql-5.0

into  orca.ndb.mysql.com:/space_old/pekka/ndb/version/my50-1.2167.1.2

fails"

into  orca.ndb.mysql.com:/space_old/pekka/ndb/version/my50

into  dsl-hkigw8-feb1fb00-100.dhcp.inet.fi:/usr_rh9/home/elkin.rh9/MySQL/TEAM/FIXES/5.0/20919_temp_nlog

into  trift2.:/M50/mysql-5.0

into  trift2.:/M50/back23-5.0

into  orca.ndb.mysql.com:/space_old/pekka/ndb/version/my50-bug20847