- backported gcc 3.0 linking fix from 4.0

 - some cosmetical fixups (typos, comments)

client/mysqlbinlog.cc

@@ -470,3 +470,5 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 #else
 #include "log_event.cc"
 #endif
+
+FIX_GCC_LINKING_PROBLEM

configure.in

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ then
   # mysqld doesn't use run-time-type-checking, so we disable it.
   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-implicit-templates -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"
 
-  # If you are using 'gcc' 3.0 (not g++) to compile C++ programs,
+  # If you are using 'gcc' 3.0 (not g++) to compile C++ programs on Linux,
   # we will gets some problems when linking static programs.
   # The following code is used to fix this problem.
 
@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ then
   then
     if $CXX -v 2>&1 | grep 'version 3' > /dev/null 2>&1
     then
-      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DUSE_MYSYS_NEW"
-      CXXLDFLAGS="$CXXLDFLAGS -Wl,--defsym -Wl,__cxa_pure_virtual=0"
+      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DUSE_MYSYS_NEW -DDEFINE_CXA_PURE_VIRTUAL"
     fi
   fi
 fi
@@ -368,6 +367,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(HOSTNAME, hostname, hostname)
 # Check for a GNU tar named 'gtar', or 'gnutar' (MacOS X) and
 # fall back to 'tar' otherwise and hope that it's a GNU tar as well
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(TAR, gnutar gtar tar)
+
 dnl We use a path for perl so the script startup works
 dnl We make sure to use perl, not perl5, in hopes that the RPMs will
 dnl not depend on the perl5 binary being installed (probably a bug in RPM)
@@ -654,15 +654,13 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(mysqld-user,
     )
 AC_SUBST(MYSQLD_USER)
 
-# If we should allove LOAD DATA LOCAL
+# If we should allow LOAD DATA LOCAL
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if we should should enable LOAD DATA LOCAL by default)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(local-infile,
-    [  --enable-local-infile
-                          Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE (default: disabled)],
+    [  --enable-local-infile   Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE (default: disabled)],
     [ ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE=$enableval ],
     [ ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE=no ]
     )
-
 if test "$ENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE" = "yes"
 then
   AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
@@ -724,7 +722,7 @@ MYSQL_CHECK_ZLIB_WITH_COMPRESS($with_named_zlib)
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(libwrap,
-[  --with-libwrap[=DIR]    Compile in libwrap (tcp_wrappers) support],[
+[  --with-libwrap[=DIR]      Compile in libwrap (tcp_wrappers) support],[
   case "$with_libwrap" in
   no) : ;;
   yes|*)
@@ -1346,6 +1344,7 @@ else
   DEBUG_OPTIMIZE_CXX=""
   OPTIMIZE_CXXFLAGS="-O"
 fi
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(debug,
     [  --without-debug         Build a production version without debugging code],
     [with_debug=$withval],
@@ -1578,13 +1577,15 @@ ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([style of gethost* routines], mysql_cv_gethost_style,
 AC_LANG_SAVE
 AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
-# Do not treat warnings as errors if we are linking agaist other libc
+
+# Do not treat warnings as errors if we are linking against other libc
 # this is to work around gcc not being permissive on non-system includes
 # with respect to ANSI C++
 if test "$ac_cv_prog_gxx" = "yes" -a "$with_other_libc" = "no" 
 then
   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Werror"
 fi
+
 AC_TRY_COMPILE(
 [#undef inline
 #if !defined(SCO) && !defined(__osf__) && !defined(_REENTRANT)

include/global.h

@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ double my_ulonglong2double(unsigned long long A);
 #define __LONG_MAX__ 2147483647
 #endif
 
+/* Fix problem when linking c++ programs with gcc 3.x */
+#ifdef DEFINE_CXA_PURE_VIRTUAL
+#define FIX_GCC_LINKING_PROBLEM extern "C" { int __cxa_pure_virtual() {return 0;} }
+#else
+#define FIX_GCC_LINKING_PROBLEM
+#endif
+
 /* egcs 1.1.2 has a problem with memcpy on Alpha */
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__alpha__) && ! (__GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 &&  __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95))
 #define BAD_MEMCPY
@@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ int	__void__;
 #define LINT_INIT(var)
 #endif
 
-/* Define som useful general macros */
+/* Define some useful general macros */
 #if defined(__cplusplus) && defined(__GNUC__)
 #define max(a, b)	((a) >? (b))
 #define min(a, b)	((a) <? (b))
@@ -296,7 +303,7 @@ typedef unsigned short ushort;
 #define rint(A) floor((A)+0.5)
 #endif
 
-/* Define som general constants */
+/* Define some general constants */
 #ifndef TRUE
 #define TRUE		(1)	/* Logical true */
 #define FALSE		(0)	/* Logical false */
@@ -316,9 +323,11 @@ typedef unsigned short ushort;
 
 /* From old s-system.h */
 
-/* Support macros for non ansi & other old compilers. Since such
-   things are no longer supported we do nothing. We keep then since
-   some of our code may still be needed to upgrade old customers. */
+/*
+  Support macros for non ansi & other old compilers. Since such
+  things are no longer supported we do nothing. We keep then since
+  some of our code may still be needed to upgrade old customers.
+*/
 #define _VARARGS(X) X
 #define _STATIC_VARARGS(X) X
 #define _PC(X)	X
@@ -440,12 +449,16 @@ typedef SOCKET_SIZE_TYPE size_socket;
 /* #define FN_NO_CASE_SENCE   */
 /* #define FN_UPPER_CASE TRUE */
 
-/* Io buffer size; Must be a power of 2 and a multiple of 512. May be
-   smaller what the disk page size. This influences the speed of the
-   isam btree library. eg to big to slow. */
+/*
+  Io buffer size; Must be a power of 2 and a multiple of 512. May be
+  smaller what the disk page size. This influences the speed of the
+  isam btree library. eg to big to slow.
+*/
 #define IO_SIZE			4096
-/* How much overhead does malloc have. The code often allocates
-   something like 1024-MALLOC_OVERHEAD bytes */
+/*
+  How much overhead does malloc have. The code often allocates
+  something like 1024-MALLOC_OVERHEAD bytes
+*/
 #ifdef SAFEMALLOC
 #define MALLOC_OVERHEAD (8+24+4)
 #else
@@ -563,8 +576,10 @@ extern double		my_atof(const char*);
 #define FLT_MAX		((float)3.40282346638528860e+38)
 #endif
 
-/* Max size that must be added to a so that we know Size to make
-   adressable obj. */
+/*
+  Max size that must be added to a so that we know Size to make
+  adressable obj.
+*/
 typedef long		my_ptrdiff_t;
 #define MY_ALIGN(A,L)	(((A) + (L) - 1) & ~((L) - 1))
 #define ALIGN_SIZE(A)	MY_ALIGN((A),sizeof(double))
@@ -635,8 +650,10 @@ typedef long		longlong;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef USE_RAID
-/* The following is done with a if to not get problems with pre-processors
-   with late define evaluation */
+/*
+  The following is done with a if to not get problems with pre-processors
+  with late define evaluation
+*/
 #if SIZEOF_OFF_T == 4
 #define SYSTEM_SIZEOF_OFF_T 4
 #else
@@ -700,8 +717,10 @@ typedef char		bool;	/* Ordinary boolean values 0 1 */
 #define INT32(v)	(int32) (v)
 #define MYF(v)		(myf) (v)
 
-/* Defines to make it possible to prioritize register assignments. No
-   longer needed with moder compilers */
+/*
+  Defines to make it possible to prioritize register assignments. No
+  longer that important with modern compilers.
+*/
 #ifndef USING_X
 #define reg1 register
 #define reg2 register
@@ -902,9 +921,11 @@ typedef union {
 
 #endif /* sint2korr */
 
-/* Define-funktions for reading and storing in machine format from/to
-   short/long to/from some place in memory V should be a (not
-   register) variable, M is a pointer to byte */
+/*
+  Define-funktions for reading and storing in machine format from/to
+  short/long to/from some place in memory V should be a (not
+  register) variable, M is a pointer to byte
+*/
 
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 

sql/mysqld.cc

@@ -4289,4 +4289,6 @@ template class I_List<THD>;
 template class I_List_iterator<THD>;
 template class I_List<i_string>;
 template class I_List<i_string_pair>;
+
+FIX_GCC_LINKING_PROBLEM
 #endif