From 788968a61b5a9a80d8716cacb2f28a36c8c29bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: unknown <msvensson@neptunus.(none)>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:16:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] If "var" is a symlink which does not point to anything,
 remove it before creating real var

mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl:
  If "var" is a symlink which does not point to anything, remove it
---
 mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index acba4d843dd..f429bac850d 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -1868,6 +1868,11 @@ sub kill_running_servers () {
 
     if ( ! -d $opt_vardir )
     {
+      if ( -l $opt_vardir and ! -d readlink($opt_vardir) )
+      {
+	mtr_report("Removing $opt_vardir symlink without destination");
+	unlink($opt_vardir);
+      }
       # The "var" dir does not exist already
       # the processes that mtr_kill_leftovers start will write
       # their log files to var/log so it should be created