Merge igreenhoe@bk-internal.mysql.com:/home/bk/mysql-5.0-maint

into  mysql.com:/home/greenman/workspace-mysql/mysql/pending/bug-5.0-17353

scripts/mysqld_safe.sh

@@ -321,10 +321,13 @@ then
     ulimit -n $open_files
     args="--open-files-limit=$open_files $args"
   fi
-  if test -n "$core_file_size"
-  then
+fi
+
+# Try to set the core file size (even if we aren't root) because many systems
+# don't specify a hard limit on core file size.
+if test -n "$core_file_size"
+then
   ulimit -c $core_file_size
-  fi
 fi
 
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