mysql-test-run.sh:

  Added feature to disable tests from a list in a file "disabled.def"
  Moved down the code that disables, so that --do-test and --start-from
  don't list the disabled tests not in range.
disabled.def:
  List of test cases to temporarely disable

mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh

@@ -1506,12 +1506,6 @@ run_testcase ()
  if [ -n "$RESULT_EXT" -a \( x$RECORD = x1 -o -f "$result_file$RESULT_EXT" \) ] ; then
    result_file="$result_file$RESULT_EXT"
  fi
- if [ -f "$TESTDIR/$tname.disabled" ]
- then
-   comment=`$CAT $TESTDIR/$tname.disabled`;
-   disable_test $tname "$comment"
-   return
- fi
  if [ "$USE_MANAGER" = 1 ] ; then
   many_slaves=`$EXPR \( \( $tname : rpl_failsafe \) != 0 \) \| \( \( $tname : rpl_chain_temp_table \) != 0 \)`
  fi
@@ -1541,6 +1535,20 @@ run_testcase ()
    return
  fi
 
+ if [ -f "$TESTDIR/$tname.disabled" ]
+ then
+   comment=`$CAT $TESTDIR/$tname.disabled`;
+   disable_test $tname "$comment"
+   return
+ fi
+ comment=`$GREP "^$tname *: *" $TESTDIR/disabled.def`;
+ if [ -n "$comment" ]
+ then
+   comment=`echo $comment | sed 's/^[^:]*: *//'`
+   disable_test $tname "$comment"
+   return
+ fi
+
  if [ "x$USE_EMBEDDED_SERVER" != "x1" ] ; then
    # Stop all slave threads, so that we don't have useless reconnection
    #  attempts and error messages in case the slave and master servers restart.

mysql-test/t/disabled.def

+##############################################################################
+#
+#  List the test cases that are to be disabled temporarely.
+#
+#  Separate the test case name and the comment with ':'.
+#
+#      <testcasename>  : Comment test
+#
+#  Don't use any TAB characters for whitespace.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+ndb_alter_table   : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_autodiscover  : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_autodiscover2 : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_cache_multi   : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_cache_multi2  : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_multi         : NDB team needs to fix
+ndb_restore       : NDB team needs to fix
+