Add --with-server-suffix (MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX).

configure.in

@@ -389,6 +389,14 @@ then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([MySQL requiers a ANSI C compiler (and a C++ compiler). Try gcc. See the Installation chapter in the Reference Manual.])
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(server-suffix,
+    [  --with-server-suffix    Append value to the version string.],
+    # I heard that 'cut' isn't portable.  Isn't there a better way?
+    [ MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX=`echo "$withval" | sed -e  's/^\(...................................\)..*$/\1/'` ],
+    [ MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX= ]
+    )
+AC_SUBST(MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX)
+
 # Set flags if we wants to have MIT threads.
 AC_ARG_WITH(mit-threads,
     [  --with-mit-threads      Always use included thread lib.],

include/mysql_version.h.in

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #else
 #define PROTOCOL_VERSION		@PROTOCOL_VERSION@
 #define MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION		"@VERSION@"
+#define MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX		"@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@"
 #define FRM_VER				@DOT_FRM_VERSION@
 #define MYSQL_VERSION_ID		@MYSQL_VERSION_ID@
 #define MYSQL_PORT			@MYSQL_TCP_PORT@

myisam/Makefile.am

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .sh
 	  -e 's!@''CXXFLAGS''@!@SAVE_CXXFLAGS@!'\
 	  -e 's!@''LDFLAGS''@!@SAVE_LDFLAGS@!'\
 	  -e 's!@''VERSION''@!@VERSION@!' \
+	  -e 's!@''MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX''@!@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''COMPILATION_COMMENT''@!@COMPILATION_COMMENT@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''MACHINE_TYPE''@!@MACHINE_TYPE@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''HOSTNAME''@!@HOSTNAME@!' \

mysql-test/Makefile.am

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .sh
 	  -e 's!@''libexecdir''@!$(libexecdir)!g' \
 	  -e 's!@''PERL''@!@PERL@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''VERSION''@!@VERSION@!' \
+	  -e 's!@''MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX''@!@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@!' \
 	  $< > $@-t
 	@CHMOD@ +x $@-t
 	@MV@ $@-t $@

scripts/Makefile.am

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .sh
 	  -e 's!@''LDFLAGS''@!@SAVE_LDFLAGS@!'\
 	  -e 's!@''CLIENT_LIBS''@!@CLIENT_LIBS@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''VERSION''@!@VERSION@!' \
+	  -e 's!@''MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX''@!@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''COMPILATION_COMMENT''@!@COMPILATION_COMMENT@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''MACHINE_TYPE''@!@MACHINE_TYPE@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''HOSTNAME''@!@HOSTNAME@!' \

scripts/mysqlbug.sh

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 echo "Finding system information for a MySQL bug report"
 
-VERSION="@VERSION@"
+VERSION="@VERSION@@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@"
 COMPILATION_COMMENT="@COMPILATION_COMMENT@"
 BUGmysql="mysql@lists.mysql.com"
 # This is set by configure

sql-bench/Makefile.am

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .sh
 	  -e 's!@''libexecdir''@!$(libexecdir)!g' \
 	  -e 's!@''PERL''@!@PERL@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''VERSION''@!@VERSION@!' \
+	  -e 's!@''MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX''@!@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@!' \
 	  $< > $@-t
 	@CHMOD@ +x $@-t
 	@MV@ $@-t $@

sql/mysqld.cc

@@ -1471,6 +1471,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     strmov(glob_hostname,"mysql");
   strmov(pidfile_name,glob_hostname);
   strmov(strcend(pidfile_name,'.'),".pid");	// Add extension
+  strcat(server_version, MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX);
 #ifdef DEMO_VERSION
   strcat(server_version,"-demo");
 #endif

support-files/Makefile.am

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SUFFIXES = .sh
 	  -e 's!@''CXXFLAGS''@!@SAVE_CXXFLAGS@!'\
 	  -e 's!@''LDFLAGS''@!@SAVE_LDFLAGS@!'\
 	  -e 's!@''VERSION''@!@VERSION@!' \
+	  -e 's!@''MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX''@!@MYSQL_SERVER_SUFFIX@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''COMPILATION_COMMENT''@!@COMPILATION_COMMENT@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''MACHINE_TYPE''@!@MACHINE_TYPE@!' \
 	  -e 's!@''HOSTNAME''@!@HOSTNAME@!' \