reason for the failure was found, so the guess is that it is a 
compiler bug.

into hundin.mysql.fi:/home/heikki/mysql-4.1

  Print to the .err log a more detailed error message if in IMPORT TABLESPACE the .ibd file does not exist

  Print more warnings to the .err log if ALTER TABLE ... IMPORT TABLESPACE fails for some reason
os0file.c:
  Do not call exit(1) if os_file_delete() fails; remove unused parameter from
handle_error_no_exit()

fil0fil.c:
  Allow DROP TABLE even if the .ibd file for the table does not exist

into mysql.com:/space/my/mysql-4.1

 - tagged ChangeSet 1.2029 as "mysql-4.1.7"

into mysql.com:/home/my/mysql-4.1

New mysqltest that can run mysqltest with PS
Added support for ZEROFILL in PS
Fixed crash when one called mysql_stmt_store_result() without a preceding mysql_stmt_bind_result()
Updated test cases to support --ps-protocol
(Some tests are still run using old protocol)
Fixed crash in PS when using SELECT * FROM t1 NATURAL JOIN t2...
Fixed crash in PS when using sub queries
Create table didn't signal when table was created. This could cause a "DROP TABLE created_table" in another thread to wait "forever"
Fixed wrong permissions check in PS and multi-table updates (one could get permission denied for legal quries)
Fix for PS and SELECT ... PROCEDURE
Reset all warnings when executing a new PS query
group_concat(...ORDER BY) didn't work with PS
Fixed problem with test suite when not using innodb

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1

into gluh.mysql.r18.ru:/home/gluh/MySQL-BUGS/mysql-4.1

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1

The same problem with SET columns:

find_set() now executes find_type2() to do charset aware search,
instead of always using system_charset_info comparison.

into gluh.mysql.r18.ru:/home/gluh/MySQL-BUGS/mysql-4.1

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1

into a function.

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1-ndb

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1-ndb

removed compiler warning

without trying to re-run autotools.

into mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-4.1-ndb

into mysql.com:/space/my/mysql-4.1

into poseidon.ndb.mysql.com:/home/tomas/mysql-4.1

shortened help text

into serg.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.1