(recommit in clean clone)

into mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/new-fix

fix null handling in ha_ndbcluster when using ordered index

1) fix so that missing blob tables don't prevent table from being
    dropped
2) decrease size of blob part if record length exceeds max length
3) add test case for table wo/ corresponding blob table
4) init scan counters when sending scan_tabreq

  Bug #6045: Binary Comparison regression in MySQL 4.1
  Binary searches didn't use a case insensitive index, now they do.

  bug lockf & F_TEST on linux alpha,sparc,sparc64

(http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2000-10/msg00390.html)

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

http://lists.mysql.com/internals/18149

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

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

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

    remove compiler warning
    patch for my_vsnprintf not dully implemented
    patch for platfroms that return -1 on snprintf overflow
    compile fix for hpux

Added protocol::flush() for easier embedded-server code
Increase block allocation variables a bit as they where a bit too small for MySQL 4.1
Added option --silent to client_test

into build.mysql.com:/users/rburnett/mysql-4.1-current

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

into mysql.com:/M41/mysql-4.1

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

Better fix for previous build issue

into mysql.com:/space/pekka/ndb/version/my41

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

Fix so that signed/unsigned char does not matter in comparision

into mysql.com:/usr/home/bar/mysql-4.1

  Allow mixing of different character sets for more SQL functions.
item_func.h:
  Allow mixing of different character sets for more SQL functions..

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

  Correct English grammar

into gw.mysql.r18.ru:/usr/home/ram/work/4.1.b6309

       bug #6380: mysqlcheck --help prints wrong --debug msg for non-debug version).

  Raise fatal semaphore wait timeout to 2 hours when we are printing the InnoDB table monitor output

  Bug #6223 Japanese half-width kana characters get truncated. Bytes 0xA1..0xDF were not treated as a single byte sequence in a mistake.

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

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