diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index a98a929b947..d6068c9691a 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sub collect_test_cases ($) {
     # Disable some tests listed in disabled.def
     # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     my %disabled;
-    if ( open(DISABLED, "$testdir/disabled.def" ) )
+    if ( ! $::opt_ignore_disabled_def and open(DISABLED, "$testdir/disabled.def" ) )
     {
       while ( <DISABLED> )
       {
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$$) {
   my $disabled_file=   "$testdir/$tname.disabled";
   my $im_opt_file=     "$testdir/$tname-im.opt";
 
-  $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= $::glob_win32 ? ["--default-time-zone=+3:00"] : [];
-  $tinfo->{'slave_opt'}=  $::glob_win32 ? ["--default-time-zone=+3:00"] : [];
+  $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= [];
+  $tinfo->{'slave_opt'}=  [];
   $tinfo->{'slave_mi'}=   [];
 
   if ( -f $master_opt_file )
@@ -301,7 +301,6 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$$$) {
         if ( defined $value )
         {
           $tinfo->{'timezone'}= $value;
-          $tinfo->{'skip'}= 1 if $::glob_win32; # FIXME server unsets TZ
           last MASTER_OPT;
         }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
index 4d88c9b3322..86a4312e0c8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
@@ -781,7 +781,15 @@ sub mtr_record_dead_children () {
 }
 
 sub start_reap_all {
-  $SIG{CHLD}= 'IGNORE';                 # FIXME is this enough?
+  # This causes terminating processes to not become zombies, avoiding
+  # the need for (or possibility of) explicit waitpid().
+  $SIG{CHLD}= 'IGNORE';
+
+  # On some platforms (Linux, QNX, OSX, ...) there is potential race
+  # here. If a process terminated before setting $SIG{CHLD} (but after
+  # any attempt to waitpid() it), it will still be a zombie. So we
+  # have to handle any such process here.
+  while(waitpid(-1, &WNOHANG) > 0) { };
 }
 
 sub stop_reap_all {
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
index 515988ee5c7..88ddbf63d0f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pl
@@ -185,39 +185,57 @@ sub mtr_report_stats ($) {
   }
 
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # If a debug run, there might be interesting information inside
+  # the "var/log/*.err" files. We save this info in "var/log/warnings"
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   if ( ! $::glob_use_running_server )
   {
+    # Save and report if there was any fatal warnings/errors in err logs
 
-    # Report if there was any fatal warnings/errors in the log files
-    #
-    unlink("$::opt_vardir/log/warnings");
-    unlink("$::opt_vardir/log/warnings.tmp");
-    # Remove some non fatal warnings from the log files
+    my $warnlog= "$::opt_vardir/log/warnings";
 
-# FIXME what is going on ????? ;-)
-#    sed -e 's!Warning:  Table:.* on delete!!g' -e 's!Warning: Setting lower_case_table_names=2!!g' -e 's!Warning: One can only use the --user.*root!!g' \
-#        var/log/*.err \
-#        | sed -e 's!Warning:  Table:.* on rename!!g' \
-#        > var/log/warnings.tmp;
-#
-#    found_error=0;
-#    # Find errors
-#    for i in "^Warning:" "^Error:" "^==.* at 0x"
-#    do
-#      if ( $GREP "$i" var/log/warnings.tmp >> var/log/warnings )
-#    {
-#        found_error=1
-#      }
-#    done
-#    unlink("$::opt_vardir/log/warnings.tmp");
-#    if ( $found_error=  "1" )
-#      {
-#      print "WARNING: Got errors/warnings while running tests. Please examine\n"
-#      print "$::opt_vardir/log/warnings for details.\n"
-#    }
-#  }
+    unless ( open(WARN, ">$warnlog") )
+    {
+      mtr_warning("can't write to the file \"$warnlog\": $!");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      my $found_problems= 0;            # Some warnings are errors...
+
+      # We report different types of problems in order
+      foreach my $pattern ( "^Warning:", "^Error:", "^==.* at 0x" )
+      {
+        foreach my $errlog ( sort glob("$::opt_vardir/log/*.err") )
+        {
+          unless ( open(ERR, $errlog) )
+          {
+            mtr_warning("can't read $errlog");
+            next;
+          }
+          while ( <ERR> )
+          {
+            # Skip some non fatal warnings from the log files
+            if ( /Warning:\s+Table:.* on (delete|rename)/ or
+                 /Warning:\s+Setting lower_case_table_names=2/ or
+                 /Warning:\s+One can only use the --user.*root/ )
+            {
+              next;                       # Skip these lines
+            }
+            if ( /$pattern/ )
+            {
+              $found_problems= 1;
+              print WARN $_;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        if ( $found_problems )
+        {
+          mtr_warning("Got errors/warnings while running tests, please examine",
+                      "\"$warnlog\" for details.");
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   print "\n";
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 958dff89bd4..0b285343a0c 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ our $path_client_bindir;
 our $path_language;
 our $path_timefile;
 our $path_manager_log;           # Used by mysqldadmin
-our $path_mysqltest_log; 
+our $path_slave_load_tmpdir;     # What is this?!
+our $path_mysqltest_log;
 our $path_my_basedir;
 our $opt_vardir;                 # A path but set directly on cmd line
 our $opt_tmpdir;                 # A path but set directly on cmd line
@@ -485,6 +486,9 @@ sub initial_setup () {
   $glob_basedir=         dirname($glob_mysql_test_dir);
   $glob_mysql_bench_dir= "$glob_basedir/mysql-bench"; # FIXME make configurable
 
+  # needs to be same length to test logging (FIXME what???)
+  $path_slave_load_tmpdir=  "../../var/tmp";
+
   $path_my_basedir=
     $opt_source_dist ? $glob_mysql_test_dir : $glob_basedir;
 
@@ -691,6 +695,7 @@ sub command_line_setup () {
   # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   $opt_tmpdir=       "$opt_vardir/tmp" unless $opt_tmpdir;
+  $opt_tmpdir =~ s,/+$,,;       # Remove ending slash if any
   # FIXME maybe not needed?
   $path_manager_log= "$opt_vardir/log/manager.log"
     unless $path_manager_log;
diff --git a/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh b/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
index 2f59c3e1d4c..87770b08c75 100644
--- a/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_binary_distribution.sh
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ BASE=$BASE2
 if [ x"@GXX@" = x"yes" ] ; then
   gcclib=`@CC@ --print-libgcc-file`
   if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
-    print "Warning: Couldn't find libgcc.a!"
+    echo "Warning: Couldn't find libgcc.a!"
   else
     $CP $gcclib $BASE/lib/libmygcc.a
   fi