diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_start_server.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_start_server.inc
index ac8106f141c32289f2b66863b6f955b9af3b16e2..c59c77599101f8437981b2ee2546966df1d64450 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/rpl_start_server.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_start_server.inc
@@ -45,15 +45,7 @@ if ($rpl_server_parameters)
 --source include/rpl_connection.inc
 
 # Write file to make mysql-test-run.pl start up the server again
---let WRITE_TO_FILE= $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqld.$rpl_server_number.expect
---let WRITE_TO_VAR= $_rpl_start_server_command
-perl;
-my $file= $ENV{'WRITE_TO_FILE'};
-my $var= $ENV{'WRITE_TO_VAR'};
-open WRITE_FILE, ">> $file" or die "Error opening $file: $!";
-print WRITE_FILE $var, "\n" or die "Error appending to $file: $!";
-close WRITE_FILE or die "Error closing $file: $!";
-EOF
+--exec echo "$_rpl_start_server_command" > $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqld.$rpl_server_number.expect
 
 --source include/rpl_reconnect.inc
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_stop_server.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_stop_server.inc
index a90981d6de830bbbacaa23e78e900ee66e832272..e1f8839dd69d4d3563d2a6c9837ac1f0b70ea77d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/rpl_stop_server.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_stop_server.inc
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ if ($rpl_debug)
 
 # Write file to make mysql-test-run.pl expect the "crash", but don't start
 # it until it's told to
---append_file $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqld.$rpl_server_number.expect
-wait
-EOF
+--exec echo "wait" > $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/mysqld.$rpl_server_number.expect
 
 # Send shutdown to the connected server and give
 # it 10 seconds to die before zapping it
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_gprof.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_gprof.pl
index 5820a4007b880cb24a26512442052d3ccb513be1..a5e05b287235027a6d3b6e8cea81515b01e3cb0d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_gprof.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_gprof.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- cperl -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2004 MySQL AB
+# Copyright (C) 2004 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 # 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by