and related small fixes.

mysql-test/t/user_var.test:
  test for bug
sql/field_conv.cc:
  From the C standard, memcpy() has undefined behaviour if to->ptr==from->ptr
sql/item_func.cc:
  In the case of BUG#56138, entry->value==ptr in which case memcpy()
  has undefined results per the C standard.
sql/sql_select.cc:
  Work around a bug in old gcc

The autotools-based build system has been superseded and
is being removed in order to ease the maintenance burden on
developers tweaking and maintaining the build system.

In order to support tools that need to extract the server
version, a new file that (only) contains the server version,
called VERSION, is introduced. The file contents are human
and machine-readable. The format is:

MYSQL_VERSION_MAJOR=5
MYSQL_VERSION_MINOR=5
MYSQL_VERSION_PATCH=8
MYSQL_VERSION_EXTRA=-rc

The CMake based version extraction in cmake/mysql_version.cmake
is changed to extract the version from this file. The configure
to CMake wrapper is retained for backwards compatibility and to
support the BUILD/ scripts. Also, a new a makefile target
show-dist-name that prints the server version is introduced.

VERSION:
  Add top-level version file.
cmake/mysql_version.cmake:
  Get version information from the top-level VERSION file.
  Do not cache the version components (MAJOR_VERSION, etc).
  Add MYSQL_RPM_VERSION as a replacement for MYSQL_U_SCORE_VERSION.

Although ICC identifies itself as GCC, even in version numbers,
it does not support the stpcpy built-in.

include/m_string.h:
  Work around ICC. Hacks...

Bug : -DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release sets SIGNCODE parameter which requires 
singtool.exe (part of Windows SDK)  in order to be able to sign the binaries (
only if valid certificate is found). However singtool is not a part of the SDK shipped
with Visual Studio Express, so the build fails claiming missing singtools.exe

Fix: Do not  use SIGNCODE  wiith VC Express.

Also, fix broken nmake build (*.rc files could not be compiled due to ADD_DEFINITIONS
contaning C/C++ compiler specific flags)

Regression introduced by WL#2649.

Problem: queries with date/datetime columns did not use indexes:
set names non_latin1_charset;
select * from date_index_test
where date_column between '2010-09-01' and '2010-10-01';

before WL#2649 indexes worked fine because charset of 
date/datetime
columns was BINARY which always won.

Fix: testing that collation of the operation matches collation 
of the field is only needed in case of "real" string data types.
For DATE, DATETIME it's not needed.


  @ mysql-test/include/ctype_numconv.inc
  @ mysql-test/r/ctype_binary.result
  @ mysql-test/r/ctype_cp1251.result
  @ mysql-test/r/ctype_latin1.result
  @ mysql-test/r/ctype_ucs.result
  @ mysql-test/r/ctype_utf8.result
  Adding tests

  @ sql/field.h
  Adding new method Field_str::match_collation_to_optimize_range()
  for use in opt_range.cc to distinguish between
  "real string" types like CHAR, VARCHAR, TEXT
  (Field_string, Field_varstring, Field_blob)

  and "almost string" types DATE, TIME, DATETIME
  (Field_newdate, Field_datetime, Field_time, Field_timestamp)

  @ sql/opt_range.cc
  Using new method instead of checking result_type() against STRING result.

Note:

  Another part of this problem (which is not regression) 
  is submitted separately (see bug##58329).

Problem:

 nr_of_decimals could read behind the end of the buffer
 in case of a non-null-terminated string, which caused
 valgring warnings.

Fix:

  fixing nr_of_decimals not to read behind the "end" pointer.

modified:

  @ mysql-test/r/xml.result
  @ mysql-test/t/xml.test
  @ sql/item.cc

Fixed a typo in an error message.

during the merge.

mysql-5.5-runtime tree.

warnings in Event_queue::get_top_for_execution_if_time()
method which has caused -Werror build to fail.

leave the table unusable".
 
Failing ALTER statement on partitioned table could have left
this table in an unusable state. This has happened in cases
when ALTER was executed using "fast" algorithm, which doesn't 
involve copying of data between old and new versions of table, 
and the resulting new table was incompatible with partitioning
function in some way.
 
The problem stems from the fact that discrepancies between new 
table definition and partitioning function are discovered only 
when the table is opened. In case of "fast" algorithm this has
happened too late during ALTER's execution, at the moment when
all changes were already done and couldn't have been reverted.
 
In the cases when "slow" algorithm, which copies data, is used 
such discrepancies are detected at the moment new table
definition is opened implicitly when new version of table is
created in storage engine. As result ALTER is aborted before 
any changes to table were done.
 
This fix tries to address this issue by ensuring that "fast"
algorithm behaves similarly to "slow" algorithm and checks
compatibility between new definition and partitioning function 
by trying to open new definition after .FRM file for it has 
been created.
 
Long term we probably should implement some way to check
compatibility between partitioning function and new table
definition which won't involve opening it, as this should
allow much cleaner fix for this problem.

mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result:
  Added test for bug #57985 "ONLINE/FAST ALTER PARTITION can
  fail and leave the table unusable".
mysql-test/t/partition_innodb.test:
  Added test for bug #57985 "ONLINE/FAST ALTER PARTITION can
  fail and leave the table unusable".
sql/sql_table.cc:
  Ensure that in cases when .FRM for partitioned table is
  created without creating table in storage engine (e.g.
  during "fast" ALTER TABLE) we still open table definition. 
  This allows to check that definition of created table/.FRM 
  is compatible with its partitioning function.

A post-patch fixing test failures on Windows.

Host name in "SHOW PROCESSLIST" is displayed with port number
for some reasons.

No conflicts

 options/settings
 
 1. Changed the default value for socket on Windows to the windows
 default
 2. Removed hard-coded trailing slashes from innodb_data_home_dir
 and innodb_log_group_name_dir.
 3. Added extra backslashes to the innodb directory example
 4. Made the tempdir platform "dependent"
 5. Fixed the comments in the .ini files
 6. Removed the tmpdir from the templates and the scripts

No conflicts

Problem: Extended characters outside of ASCII range where not displayed
properly in SHOW PROCESSLIST, because thd_info->query was always sent as 
system_character_set (utf8). This was wrong, because query buffer
is never converted to utf8 - it is always have client character set.

Fix: sending query buffer using query character set

  @ sql/sql_class.cc
  @ sql/sql_class.h
    Introducing a new class CSET_STRING, a LEX_STRING with character set.
    Adding set_query(&CSET_STRING)
    Adding reset_query(), to use instead of set_query(0, NULL).

  @ sql/event_data_objects.cc
    Using reset_query()

  @ sql/log_event.cc
    Using reset_query()
    Adding charset argument to set_query_and_id().

  @ sql/slave.cc
    Using reset_query().

  @ sql/sp_head.cc
    Changing backing up and restore code to use CSET_STRING.

  @ sql/sql_audit.h
    Using CSET_STRING.
    In the "else" branch it's OK not to use
    global_system_variables.character_set_client.
    &my_charset_latin1, which is set in constructor, is fine
    (verified with Sergey Vojtovich).

  @ sql/sql_insert.cc
    Using set_query() with proper character set: table_name is utf8.

  @ sql/sql_parse.cc
    Adding character set argument to set_query_and_id().
    (This is the main point where thd->charset() is stored
     into thd->query_string.cs, for use in "SHOW PROCESSLIST".)
    Using reset_query().
    
  @ sql/sql_prepare.cc
    Storing client character set into thd->query_string.cs.

  @ sql/sql_show.cc
    Using CSET_STRING to fetch and send charset-aware query information
    from threads.

  @ storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc
    Using set_query() with proper character set: table_name is utf8.

  @ mysql-test/r/show_check.result
  @ mysql-test/t/show_check.test
    Adding tests

be sent to a user even if its the connection that is actually
being killed.

Problem: crash in Item_float constructor on DBUG_ASSERT due
to not null-terminated string parameter.

Fix: making Item_float::Item_float non-null-termintated parameter safe:
- Using temporary buffer when generating error

modified:
  @ mysql-test/r/xml.result
  @ mysql-test/t/xml.test
  @ sql/item.cc

      
NAME_CONST(..) was used wrongly in a HAVING clause, and
should have caused a user error.  Instead, it caused a
segmentation fault.
      
During parsing, the value parameter to NAME_CONST was
specified to be an uninitialized Item_ref object (it
would be resolved later).   During the semantic analysis,
the object is tested, and since it was not initialied,
the server seg.faulted.
      
The fix is to check if the object is initialized
before testing it.  The same pattern has already been
applied to most other methods in the Item_ref class.
      
Bug was introduced by the optimization done as part of
Bug#33546.

The reason  for the bug is that :
-  we use system checks in cmake/os/mysql_release.cmake 
-  we include cmake/os/mysql_release.cmake using CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE 
-  this  (having system checks based on TRY_COMPILE inside file pointed by 
   CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE  does not work with cmake 2.8.3,
   and  according to Kitware was never meant to work, it just happened to work by accident
   until 2.8.2 release (though, it seems not to work wiith 2.6.0 either)

Related CMake bug discussing the situation:
http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11469  

The fix is to use INCLUDE instead of CMAKE_USER_MAKE_RULES_OVERRIDE as suggested
by Kitware. The downside is that compile flags are not in cache, but this is  pure cosmetics.
The functionality is the same,  flags are used for compiling are correct using INCLUDE.

sql/sql_acl.cc:
  Must use DBUG_RETURN in a function instrumented with DBUG_ENTER.

mysql-test/r/func_math.result:
  Add test for Bug #58137
mysql-test/t/func_math.test:
  Add test for Bug #58137
sql/field.cc:
  Skip calling my_gcvt() if we are trying to insert a double into a char(0) column.

Evaluation would start with the space and thus ignore the $
Added while() to skip past white space

The plugin code was releasing the plugin and 
only then was reporting an error referencing it.
Fixed by first reporting an error and then freeing up
the plugin.

Updated the server to treat a missing mysql.proxies_priv table 
as empty. 
Added some grants to make sure tables are correctly opened
when they must be opened.
Fixed a mysql_upgrade omission not adding rights to root to 
execute GRANT PROXY on other users.
Removed a redundant CREATE TABLE from 
mysql_system_tables_fix.sql since it's always executed after
mysql_system_tables.sql and the first file has CREATE TABLE 
in it. 
Added a test case for the above.
Fixed error handling code to close the cursor