Fix for #1210

i fixed this in 4.1 in slightly different way

libmysqld/lib_sql.cc

@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ char **copy_arguments(int argc, char **argv)
 extern "C"
 {
 
-static my_bool inited, org_my_init_done;
+static my_bool  org_my_init_done;
+my_bool         server_inited;
 ulong		max_allowed_packet, net_buffer_length;
 char **		copy_arguments_ptr= 0; 
 
@@ -338,9 +339,9 @@ int STDCALL mysql_server_init(int argc, char **argv, char **groups)
   my_umask_dir=0700;		// Default umask for new directories
 
   /* Only call MY_INIT() if it hasn't been called before */
-  if (!inited)
+  if (!server_inited)
   {
-    inited=1;
+    server_inited=1;
     org_my_init_done=my_init_done;
   }
   if (!org_my_init_done)

libmysqld/libmysqld.c

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static int send_file_to_server(MYSQL *mysql,const char *filename);
 static ulong mysql_sub_escape_string(CHARSET_INFO *charset_info, char *to,
 				     const char *from, ulong length);
 
+extern char server_inited;
+
 #define init_sigpipe_variables
 #define set_sigpipe(mysql)
 #define reset_sigpipe(mysql)
@@ -802,6 +804,17 @@ mysql_real_connect(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
 		      db ? db : "(Null)",
 		      user ? user : "(Null)"));
 
+  /* 
+     Check mysql_server_init was called.
+     This code shouldn't be merged to 4.1
+  */
+  if (!server_inited)
+  {
+    net->last_errno=CR_UNKNOWN_ERROR;
+    strmov(net->last_error,ER(net->last_errno));
+    goto error;
+  }
+
   net->vio = 0;				/* If something goes wrong */
   /* use default options */
   if (mysql->options.my_cnf_file || mysql->options.my_cnf_group)