don't make non-debug builds fail the testsuite

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Added comments (from code review on pull)

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operations.

mysqldump skips information_schema db
'use' now can use information_schema db
changed value of column 'Null' to 'NO' if column is not nullable

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  explicit setting of reconnect (no behaviour change)

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All our programs which use mysql_real_connect() and mysql_connect() are updated accordingly, though I have deliberately
made mysqlimport not reconnect anymore (already true for mysqldump >= 4.1.8).
All Connector devs have been warned about the change I'm doing here - which was agreed with Monty,
and fixes BUG#2555.

memory heaps.  This changeset plugs also a few memory leaks that
were introduced with the compact InnoDB table format.

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When the joins were not cleaned up before the tables
were closed, a JOIN_TAB still held a pointer to a
meanwhile closed table and tried to close it again
during item cleanup...

record format without requiring the doubly linked list added by
Heikki in ChangeSet@1.1627.16.2

  Remove parameter from call to btr_search_validate().
buf0buf.c:
  Initialize member "index" of buf_block_t.
buf0buf.h:
  Add member "index" to buf_block_t.
btr0sea.h:
  Remove parameter of btr_search_validate()
btr0sea.c:
  Make use of the added member "index" of buf_block_t.

- CREATE TABLE t1 SELECT BINARY 'literal'
  now creates a VARBINARY() column, not a BINARY().

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Fixed compiler warnings
String results in CREATE ... SELECT are now created as CHAR(0), VARCHAR(X) or TEXT() depending on item->max_length

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Fixed compiler warnings
Fix core dump when sending SIGHUP to mysqld

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