diff --git a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bf85f22..4e46d98c 100644
--- a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ IF(WITH_MYSQLCOMPAT)
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
+create_symlink(libmariadb${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} mariadbclient ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(libmariadb PROPERTIES VERSION
  ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}
@@ -460,10 +461,14 @@ ENDIF()
 INSTALL(TARGETS mariadbclient
           COMPONENT Development
           DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-INSTALL(TARGETS libmariadb
-          COMPONENT SharedLibraries
-        DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-
+# in cmake 3.12+ we can use
+#INSTALL(TARGETS libmariadb LIBRARY DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+#        COMPONENT SharedLibraries NAMELINK_COMPONENT Development)
+# but as long as we build on CentOS 7 with its cmake 2.8.12.2 we have to use
+INSTALL(TARGETS libmariadb LIBRARY DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        COMPONENT SharedLibraries NAMELINK_SKIP)
+INSTALL(TARGETS libmariadb LIBRARY DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        COMPONENT Development NAMELINK_ONLY)
 
 IF(MSVC)
    # On Windows, install PDB
diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
index 516b8016..2cd4a701 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_stmt.c
@@ -812,6 +812,16 @@ unsigned char* ma_stmt_execute_generate_simple_request(MYSQL_STMT *stmt, size_t
           size+= 9; /* max 8 bytes for size */
           size+= (size_t)ma_get_length(stmt, i, 0);
           break;
+        case MYSQL_TYPE_TIME:
+          size+= MAX_TIME_STR_LEN;
+          break;
+        case MYSQL_TYPE_DATE:
+          size+= MAX_DATE_STR_LEN;
+          break;
+        case MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME:
+        case MYSQL_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
+          size+= MAX_DATETIME_STR_LEN;
+          break;
         default:
           size+= mysql_ps_fetch_functions[stmt->params[i].buffer_type].pack_len;
           break;
diff --git a/mariadb_config/CMakeLists.txt b/mariadb_config/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bbf36b0..0a32343d 100644
--- a/mariadb_config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mariadb_config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ENDIF()
 # Installation
 #
 INSTALL(TARGETS mariadb_config
-        DESTINATION "bin"
+        DESTINATION "${INSTALL_BINDIR}"
         COMPONENT Development)
 
 INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libmariadb.pc
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt b/unittest/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
index b4cd9366..de0b3d9d 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CC_SOURCE_DIR}/include
                     ${CC_SOURCE_DIR}/unittest/libmariadb)
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DLIBMARIADB)
 
-SET(API_TESTS "conc336" "bulk1" "performance" "basic-t" "fetch" "charset" "logs" "cursor" "errors" "view" "ps" "ps_bugs" "sp" "result" "connection" "misc" "ps_new" "thread" "features-10_2" "bulk1")
+SET(API_TESTS "conc336" "bulk1" "performance" "basic-t" "fetch" "charset" "logs" "cursor" "errors" "view" "ps" "ps_bugs" "sp" "result" "connection" "misc" "ps_new" "thread" "features-10_2")
 IF(WITH_DYNCOL)
   SET(API_TESTS ${API_TESTS} "dyncol")
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c b/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
index 696f072b..b52fec3b 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/connection.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int test_get_options(MYSQL *unused __attribute__((unused)))
   const char *attr_val[] = {"bar1", "bar2", "bar3"};
   char **key, **val;
 
-  for (i=0; options_int[i]; i++)
+  for (i=0; i < (int)(sizeof(options_int)/sizeof(int)); i++)
   {
     mysql_options(mysql, options_int[i], &intval[0]);
     intval[1]= 0;
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/misc.c b/unittest/libmariadb/misc.c
index d50db915..4b5c2297 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/misc.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/misc.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static int test_frm_bug(MYSQL *mysql)
   rc= 0;
   while (mysql_fetch_row(result))
     rc++;
-  FAIL_UNLESS(rc == 1, "rowcount != 0");
+  FAIL_UNLESS(rc == 1, "rowcount != 1");
 
   mysql_data_seek(result, 0);
 
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/ps.c b/unittest/libmariadb/ps.c
index da815fdb..cea4af1f 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/ps.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/ps.c
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ static int test_prepare_insert_update(MYSQL *mysql)
   rc= mysql_query(mysql, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1");
   check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
 
-  rc= mysql_query(mysql, "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1");
-  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
-
   for (cur_query= testcase; *cur_query; cur_query++)
   {
     char query[MAX_TEST_QUERY_LENGTH];
@@ -183,7 +180,7 @@ static int test_prepare_insert_update(MYSQL *mysql)
 static int test_bind_date_conv(MYSQL *mysql, uint row_count)
 {
   MYSQL_STMT   *stmt= 0;
-  uint         rc, i, count= row_count;
+  uint         rc, i, count;
   MYSQL_BIND   my_bind[4];
   my_bool      is_null[4]= {0,0,0,0};
   MYSQL_TIME   tm[4];
@@ -1020,7 +1017,7 @@ static int test_select_show(MYSQL *mysql)
 
   strcpy(query, "show columns from test_show");
   stmt= mysql_stmt_init(mysql);
-  FAIL_IF(!stmt, mysql_error(mysql));
+  FAIL_IF(!stmt, mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
   rc= mysql_stmt_prepare(stmt, SL(query));
   check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
 
@@ -3004,7 +3001,7 @@ static int test_create_drop(MYSQL *mysql)
     check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt_drop);
 
     rc= mysql_stmt_execute(stmt_create_select);
-    check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt_create);
+    check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt_create_select);
 
     rc= mysql_stmt_execute(stmt_select);
     check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt_select);
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/ps_bugs.c b/unittest/libmariadb/ps_bugs.c
index 13135b13..95ff3e2d 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/ps_bugs.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/ps_bugs.c
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int test_bug11037(MYSQL *mysql)
 
   /* expected error */
   rc = mysql_stmt_fetch(stmt);
-  FAIL_UNLESS(rc==1, "Error expedted");
+  FAIL_UNLESS(rc==1, "Error expected");
 
   rc= mysql_stmt_execute(stmt);
   check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int test_bug12744(MYSQL *mysql)
   check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
 
   rc= mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
-  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+  check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
 
   return OK;
 }
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int test_bug15518(MYSQL *mysql)
     succeeds
   */
   rc= mysql_stmt_prepare(stmt, "SHOW STATUS", 12);
-  FAIL_UNLESS(!rc || mysql_stmt_errno(stmt) || mysql_errno(mysql), "Error expected");
+  FAIL_UNLESS(!rc || mysql_stmt_errno(stmt) || mysql_errno(mysql), "Error not expected");
 
   rc= mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
   check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ static int test_bug15613(MYSQL *mysql)
   metadata= mysql_stmt_result_metadata(stmt);
   field= mysql_fetch_fields(metadata);
   FAIL_UNLESS(field[0].length == 65535, "length != 65535");
-  FAIL_UNLESS(field[1].length == 255, "length != 244");
+  FAIL_UNLESS(field[1].length == 255, "length != 255");
   FAIL_UNLESS(field[2].length == 16777215, "length != 166777215");
   FAIL_UNLESS(field[3].length == 4294967295UL, "length != 4294967295UL");
   FAIL_UNLESS(field[4].length == 255, "length != 255");
@@ -4322,7 +4322,7 @@ static int test_conc182(MYSQL *mysql)
   check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
 
   rc= mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
-  check_mysql_rc(rc, mysql);
+  check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
 
   rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SELECT row_count()");
   result= mysql_store_result(mysql);
@@ -4530,8 +4530,8 @@ static int test_conc205(MYSQL *mysql)
   FAIL_IF(length[2] != 4, "Wrong fetched int length");
 
   FAIL_IF(strncmp(data, "data2", length[0] + 1) != 0, "Wrong string value");
-  FAIL_IF(smint_col != -25734, "Expected 21893");
-  FAIL_IF(int_col != -1857802040, "Expected 1718038908");
+  FAIL_IF(smint_col != -25734, "Expected -25734");
+  FAIL_IF(int_col != -1857802040, "Expected -1857802040");
 
   rc= mysql_stmt_fetch(stmt);
   FAIL_IF(rc != MYSQL_NO_DATA, "Expected MYSQL_NO_DATA");
@@ -4840,9 +4840,6 @@ static int test_codbc138(MYSQL *mysql)
   {0,0,0, 838,59,59, 0, 1, MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_TIME},
   },
  
-  {"SELECT '00:60:00'",
-  {0,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0, MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_ERROR},
-  },
   {"SELECT '00:60:00'",
   {0,0,0, 0,0,0, 0,0, MYSQL_TIMESTAMP_ERROR},
   },
@@ -4987,8 +4984,8 @@ static int test_conc_fraction(MYSQL *mysql)
     rc= mysql_stmt_execute(stmt);
     check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
 
+    rc = mysql_stmt_store_result(stmt);
     check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
-    rc= mysql_stmt_store_result(stmt);
 
     memset(bind, 0, sizeof(MYSQL_BIND));
     bind[0].buffer_type= MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME;
@@ -5004,9 +5001,11 @@ static int test_conc_fraction(MYSQL *mysql)
 
     expected= i > 6 ? 123456 : frac * (unsigned int)powl(10, (6 - i));
 
-    diag("tm.second_part=%ld expected=%ld", tm.second_part, expected);
-    FAIL_IF(tm.second_part != expected, "expected fractional part to be 900000");
-
+    if (tm.second_part != expected)
+    {
+      diag("Error: tm.second_part=%ld expected=%ld", tm.second_part, expected);
+      return FAIL;
+    }
   }
   mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
   return OK;
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/ps_new.c b/unittest/libmariadb/ps_new.c
index 9b89d6f9..f9bd9ad0 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/ps_new.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/ps_new.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static int test_multi_result(MYSQL *mysql)
   rc= mysql_stmt_fetch(stmt);
   FAIL_IF(mysql_stmt_field_count(stmt) != 2, "expected 2 fields");
   FAIL_IF(int_data[0] != 200 || int_data[1] != 300,
-          "expected 100 200 300");
+          "expected 200 300");
   
   FAIL_IF(mysql_stmt_next_result(stmt) != 0, "expected more results");
   FAIL_IF(mysql_stmt_field_count(stmt) != 0, "expected 0 fields");
diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/t_conc173.c b/unittest/libmariadb/t_conc173.c
index 97d05d47..24c64e20 100644
--- a/unittest/libmariadb/t_conc173.c
+++ b/unittest/libmariadb/t_conc173.c
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ static int test_conc_173(MYSQL *unused __attribute__((unused)))
 {
   MYSQL mysql;
   int arg;
-  int i=0;
 
-  for (;;)
+  for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
   {
     mysql_init(&mysql);
     mysql_options(&mysql, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "client");