Client character set is now not set from the server value.

mysql-test/r/ctype_latin1_de.result

+set names latin1;
+set @@collation_connection=latin1_german2_ci;
 select @@collation_connection;
 @@collation_connection
 latin1_german2_ci

mysql-test/t/ctype_latin1_de.test

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Test latin_de character set
 #
 
+set names latin1;
+set @@collation_connection=latin1_german2_ci;
+
 select @@collation_connection;
 
 --disable_warnings

sql-common/client.c

@@ -1429,14 +1429,13 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
 		       const char *passwd, const char *db,
 		       uint port, const char *unix_socket,ulong client_flag)
 {
-  char		buff[NAME_LEN+USERNAME_LENGTH+100],charset_name_buff[16];
-  char		*end,*host_info,*charset_name;
+  char		buff[NAME_LEN+USERNAME_LENGTH+100];
+  char		*end,*host_info;
   my_socket	sock;
   in_addr_t	ip_addr;
   struct	sockaddr_in sock_addr;
   ulong		pkt_length;
   NET		*net= &mysql->net;
-  uint		charset_number;
 #ifdef MYSQL_SERVER
   thr_alarm_t   alarmed;
   ALARM		alarm_buff;
@@ -1762,10 +1761,8 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
     goto error;
   }
 
-  charset_number= mysql->server_language;
-
   /* Set character set */
-  if ((charset_name=mysql->options.charset_name))
+  if (mysql->options.charset_name)
   {
     const char *save= charsets_dir;
     if (mysql->options.charset_dir)
@@ -1773,23 +1770,7 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
     mysql->charset=get_charset_by_csname(mysql->options.charset_name,
 					 MY_CS_PRIMARY,
 					 MYF(MY_WME));
-    charset_number= mysql->charset ? mysql->charset->number : 0;
     charsets_dir= save;
-  }
-  else if (mysql->server_language)
-  {
-    charset_name=charset_name_buff;
-    /* Save name in case of errors */
-    int10_to_str(mysql->server_language, charset_name, 10);
-    if (!(mysql->charset =
-	  get_charset((uint8) mysql->server_language, MYF(0))))
-      mysql->charset = default_charset_info; /* shouldn't be fatal */
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    mysql->charset= default_charset_info;
-    charset_number= mysql->charset->number;
-  }
 
     if (!mysql->charset)
     {
@@ -1798,7 +1779,7 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
       if (mysql->options.charset_dir)
         my_snprintf(net->last_error, sizeof(net->last_error)-1,
 		    ER(net->last_errno),
-		  charset_name ? charset_name : "unknown",
+		    mysql->options.charset_name,
 		    mysql->options.charset_dir);
       else
       {
@@ -1806,11 +1787,17 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
         get_charsets_dir(cs_dir_name);
         my_snprintf(net->last_error, sizeof(net->last_error)-1,
 		  ER(net->last_errno),
-		  charset_name ? charset_name : "unknown",
+		  mysql->options.charset_name,
 		  cs_dir_name);
       }
       goto error;
     }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    mysql->charset= default_charset_info;
+  }
+
 
   /* Save connection information */
   if (!my_multi_malloc(MYF(0),
@@ -1870,7 +1857,7 @@ CLI_MYSQL_REAL_CONNECT(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
     /* 4.1 server and 4.1 client has a 32 byte option flag */
     int4store(buff,client_flag);
     int4store(buff+4, net->max_packet_size);
-    buff[8]= (char) charset_number;
+    buff[8]= (char) mysql->charset->number;
     bzero(buff+9, 32-9);
     end= buff+32;
   }