Merge mysql.com:/space/my/mysql-4.1.13-clone

into mysql.com:/space/my/mysql-5.0-build


sql/sql_prepare.cc:
  Auto merged
support-files/mysql.spec.sh:
  Auto merged

sql/sql_prepare.cc

@@ -313,24 +313,28 @@ static void set_param_int64(Item_param *param, uchar **pos, ulong len)
 
 static void set_param_float(Item_param *param, uchar **pos, ulong len)
 {
+  float data;
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
   if (len < 4)
     return;
-#endif
-  float data;
   float4get(data,*pos);
+#else
+  data= *(float*) *pos;
+#endif
   param->set_double((double) data);
   *pos+= 4;
 }
 
 static void set_param_double(Item_param *param, uchar **pos, ulong len)
 {
+  double data;
 #ifndef EMBEDDED_LIBRARY
   if (len < 8)
     return;
-#endif
-  double data;
   float8get(data,*pos);
+#else
+  data= *(double*) *pos;
+#endif
   param->set_double((double) data);
   *pos+= 8;
 }

support-files/mysql.spec.sh

@@ -440,19 +440,20 @@ then
 	/sbin/chkconfig --add mysql
 fi
 
-# Create a MySQL user. Do not report any problems if it already
+# Create a MySQL user and group. Do not report any problems if it already
-# exists. This is redhat specific and should be handled more portable
+# exists.
-useradd -M -r -d $mysql_datadir -s /bin/bash -c "MySQL server" %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true 
+groupadd -r -c "MySQL server" %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true
+useradd -M -r -d $mysql_datadir -s /bin/bash -c "MySQL server" -g %{mysqld_user} %{mysqld_user} 2> /dev/null || true 
 
 # Change permissions so that the user that will run the MySQL daemon
 # owns all database files.
-chown -R %{mysqld_user} $mysql_datadir
+chown -R %{mysqld_user}:%{mysqld_user} $mysql_datadir
 
 # Initiate databases
 %{_bindir}/mysql_install_db --rpm --user=%{mysqld_user}
 
 # Change permissions again to fix any new files.
-chown -R %{mysqld_user} $mysql_datadir
+chown -R %{mysqld_user}:%{mysqld_user} $mysql_datadir
 
 # Fix permissions for the permission database so that only the user
 # can read them.
@@ -667,6 +668,11 @@ fi
 # itself - note that they must be ordered by date (important when
 # merging BK trees)
 %changelog 
+* Fri Jul 15 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
+
+- create a "mysql" user group and assign the mysql user account to that group
+  in the server postinstall section. (BUG 10984)
+
 * Tue Jun 14 2005 Lenz Grimmer <lenz@mysql.com>
 
 - Do not build statically on i386 by default, only when adding either "--with