diff --git a/extra/yassl/include/yassl_int.hpp b/extra/yassl/include/yassl_int.hpp
index d3f7754f074..60a78a3970e 100644
--- a/extra/yassl/include/yassl_int.hpp
+++ b/extra/yassl/include/yassl_int.hpp
@@ -164,7 +164,12 @@ private:
 
 // openSSL bignum
 struct BIGNUM {
-    Integer int_;
+    /*
+      gcc 2.96 fix: because of two Integer classes (yaSSL::Integer and
+      TaoCrypt::Integer), we need to explicitly state the namespace
+      here to let gcc 2.96 deduce the correct type.
+    */
+    yaSSL::Integer int_;
     void assign(const byte* b, uint s) { int_.assign(b,s); }
 };
 
diff --git a/extra/yassl/include/yassl_types.hpp b/extra/yassl/include/yassl_types.hpp
index d1d3fb829de..01b82d95039 100644
--- a/extra/yassl/include/yassl_types.hpp
+++ b/extra/yassl/include/yassl_types.hpp
@@ -445,6 +445,15 @@ const opaque master_label[MASTER_LABEL_SZ + 1] = "master secret";
 const opaque key_label   [KEY_LABEL_SZ + 1]    = "key expansion";
 
 
-} // naemspace
+} // namespace
+
+#if __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ <= 96
+/*
+  gcc 2.96 bails out because of two declarations of byte: yaSSL::byte and
+  TaoCrypt::byte. TODO: define global types.hpp and move the declaration of
+  'byte' there.
+*/
+using yaSSL::byte;
+#endif
 
 #endif // yaSSL_TYPES_HPP
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_stmt_seq.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_stmt_seq.inc
index 6f207e66156..d56ee02e33c 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/rpl_stmt_seq.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_stmt_seq.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 # the $variables is extreme sensitive. 
 #
 
+###############################################################
+# Debug options : To debug this test script
+###############################################################
+let $showbinlog= 0;
+let $manipulate= 1;
+
 ######## The typical test sequence
 # 1. INSERT without commit
 #    check table content of master and slave
@@ -52,9 +58,12 @@ let $MAX= `SELECT MAX(f1) FROM t1` ;
 eval INSERT INTO t1 SET f1= $MAX + 1;
 # results before DDL(to be tested)
 SELECT MAX(f1) FROM t1;
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'master-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 sync_slave_with_master;
 
 connection slave;
@@ -63,9 +72,12 @@ SELECT '-------- switch to slave --------' as "";
 --enable_query_log
 # results before DDL(to be tested)
 SELECT MAX(f1) FROM t1;
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'slave-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 
 ###############################################################
 # command to be tested
@@ -79,9 +91,12 @@ eval $my_stmt;
 let $my_stmt= ERROR: YOU FORGOT TO FILL IN THE STATEMENT;
 # results after DDL(to be tested)
 SELECT MAX(f1) FROM t1;
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'master-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 sync_slave_with_master;
 
 connection slave;
@@ -90,9 +105,12 @@ SELECT '-------- switch to slave --------' as "";
 --enable_query_log
 # results after DDL(to be tested)
 SELECT MAX(f1) FROM t1;
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'slave-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 
 ###############################################################
 # ROLLBACK
@@ -114,9 +132,12 @@ eval SELECT CONCAT(CONCAT('TEST-INFO: MASTER: The INSERT is ',
                 ' (Failed)')) AS "" 
                FROM mysqltest1.t1;
 --enable_query_log
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'master-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 sync_slave_with_master;
 
 connection slave;
@@ -133,16 +154,17 @@ eval SELECT CONCAT(CONCAT('TEST-INFO: SLAVE:  The INSERT is ',
                 ' (Failed)')) AS "" 
                FROM mysqltest1.t1;
 --enable_query_log
+if ($show_binlog)
+{
 --replace_result $VERSION VERSION
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'slave-bin.$_log_num_s';
+}
 
 ###############################################################
 # Manipulate binlog
 ###############################################################
-#let $manipulate= 0;
-let $manipulate= 1;
-while ($manipulate)
+if ($manipulate)
 {
 #### Manipulate the binary logs,
 # so that the output of SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN <current log>
@@ -171,7 +193,6 @@ flush logs;
 # sleep 1;
 # eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS IN 'slave-bin.$_log_num_s';
 inc $_log_num_n;
-let $manipulate= 0;
 }
 
 connection master;
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
index 878afe95f2c..b4f0080a4e9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_cases.pl
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
   my $slave_sh=        "$testdir/$tname-slave.sh";
   my $disabled=        "$testdir/$tname.disabled";
 
-  $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= [];
-  $tinfo->{'slave_opt'}=  [];
+  $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= ["--default-time-zone=+3:00"];
+  $tinfo->{'slave_opt'}=  ["--default-time-zone=+3:00"];
   $tinfo->{'slave_mi'}=   [];
 
   if ( -f $master_opt_file )
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
     $tinfo->{'master_restart'}= 1;    # We think so for now
     # This is a dirty hack from old mysql-test-run, we use the opt file
     # to flag other things as well, it is not a opt list at all
-    my $extra_master_opt= mtr_get_opts_from_file($master_opt_file);
+    $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= mtr_get_opts_from_file($master_opt_file);
 
-    foreach my $opt (@$extra_master_opt)
+    foreach my $opt (@{$tinfo->{'master_opt'}})
     {
       my $value;
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
       if ( defined $value )
       {
         $tinfo->{'timezone'}= $value;
-        $extra_master_opt= [];
+        $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= [];
         $tinfo->{'master_restart'}= 0;
         last;
       }
@@ -206,13 +206,11 @@ sub collect_one_test_case($$$$$) {
         {
           $tinfo->{'result_file'}.= $::opt_result_ext;
         }
-        $extra_master_opt= [];
+        $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= [];
         $tinfo->{'master_restart'}= 0;
         last;
       }
     }
-
-    $tinfo->{'master_opt'}= $extra_master_opt;
   }
 
   if ( -f $slave_opt_file )
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
index 7bca422773c..1eb4f6b7c58 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_process.pl
@@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ sub mtr_mysqladmin_shutdown () {
     last;                               # If we got here, we are done
   }
 
+  sleep(5) if $::glob_win32;            # FIXME next startup fails if no sleep
+
   return $res;
 }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 0394c7abc9e..5f321757492 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ our $opt_bench= 0;
 our $opt_small_bench= 0;
 our $opt_big_test= 0;            # Send --big-test to mysqltest
 
-our $opt_extra_mysqld_opt;       # FIXME not handled
+our @opt_extra_mysqld_opt;
 
 our $opt_compress;
 our $opt_current_test;
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ sub command_line_setup () {
              'record'                   => \$opt_record,
 
              # ???
-             'mysqld=s'                 => \$opt_extra_mysqld_opt,
+             'mysqld=s'                 => \@opt_extra_mysqld_opt,
 
              # Run test on running server
              'extern'                   => \$opt_extern,
@@ -953,13 +953,25 @@ sub environment_setup () {
   $ENV{'LC_COLLATE'}=         "C";
   $ENV{'USE_RUNNING_SERVER'}= $glob_use_running_server;
   $ENV{'MYSQL_TEST_DIR'}=     $glob_mysql_test_dir;
+  $ENV{'MYSQL_TEST_WINDIR'}=  $glob_mysql_test_dir;
   $ENV{'MASTER_MYSOCK'}=      $master->[0]->{'path_mysock'};
+  $ENV{'MASTER_WINMYSOCK'}=   $master->[0]->{'path_mysock'};
   $ENV{'MASTER_MYSOCK1'}=     $master->[1]->{'path_mysock'};
   $ENV{'MASTER_MYPORT'}=      $master->[0]->{'path_myport'};
   $ENV{'MASTER_MYPORT1'}=     $master->[1]->{'path_myport'};
   $ENV{'SLAVE_MYPORT'}=       $slave->[0]->{'path_myport'};
 # $ENV{'MYSQL_TCP_PORT'}=     '@MYSQL_TCP_PORT@'; # FIXME
   $ENV{'MYSQL_TCP_PORT'}=     3306;
+
+  if ( $glob_cygwin_perl )
+  {
+    foreach my $key ('MYSQL_TEST_WINDIR','MASTER_MYSOCK')
+    {
+      $ENV{$key}= `cygpath -w $ENV{$key}`;
+      $ENV{$key} =~ s,\\,\\\\,g;
+      chomp($ENV{$key});
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -1850,7 +1862,7 @@ sub mysqld_arguments ($$$$$) {
     }
   }
 
-  foreach my $arg ( @$extra_opt )
+  foreach my $arg ( @opt_extra_mysqld_opt, @$extra_opt )
   {
     mtr_add_arg($args, "%s%s", $prefix, $arg);
   }
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index c5ddc28a996..e3fcfdf2b1e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ cd ..
 BASEDIR=`pwd`
 cd $CWD
 MYSQL_TEST_DIR=$BASEDIR/mysql-test
-export MYSQL_TEST_DIR
+MYSQL_TEST_WINDIR=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR
+export MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_WINDIR
 STD_DATA=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/std_data
 hostname=`hostname`		# Installed in the mysql privilege table
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/group_by.result b/mysql-test/r/group_by.result
index 7b97f998fe5..6e36d32bd2b 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/group_by.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/group_by.result
@@ -722,9 +722,7 @@ WHERE hostname LIKE '%aol%'
     GROUP BY hostname;
 hostname	no
 cache-dtc-af05.proxy.aol.com	1
-drop table if exists t1, t2;
-Warnings:
-Note	1051	Unknown table 't2'
+DROP TABLE t1;
 create table t1 (c1 char(3), c2 char(3));
 create table t2 (c3 char(3), c4 char(3));
 insert into t1 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
@@ -746,3 +744,12 @@ aaa
 show warnings;
 Level	Code	Message
 drop table t1, t2;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a  int, b int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,2), (1,3);
+SELECT a, b FROM t1 GROUP BY 'const';
+a	b
+1	2
+SELECT DISTINCT a, b FROM t1 GROUP BY 'const';
+a	b
+1	2
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/group_by.test b/mysql-test/t/group_by.test
index b4762b847b8..b652df7ecc4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/group_by.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/group_by.test
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 # Initialise
 --disable_warnings
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3;
@@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ select min(b) from t1;
 drop table t1;
 
 #
-# Test for bug #11088: GROUP BY a BLOB colimn with COUNT(DISTINCT column1) 
+# Test for bug #11088: GROUP BY a BLOB column with COUNT(DISTINCT column1) 
 #
 
 CREATE TABLE t1 (id int PRIMARY KEY, user_id int, hostname longtext);
@@ -539,11 +540,12 @@ SELECT hostname, COUNT(DISTINCT user_id) as no FROM t1
   WHERE hostname LIKE '%aol%'
     GROUP BY hostname;
 
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 #
 # Bug#11211: Ambiguous column reference in GROUP BY.
 #
 
-drop table if exists t1, t2;
 create table t1 (c1 char(3), c2 char(3));
 create table t2 (c3 char(3), c4 char(3));
 insert into t1 values ('aaa', 'bb1'), ('aaa', 'bb2');
@@ -563,3 +565,14 @@ group by t1.c1;
 show warnings;
 
 drop table t1, t2;
+
+#
+# Test for bug #8614: GROUP BY 'const with DISTINCT  
+#
+
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a  int, b int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1,2), (1,3);
+SELECT a, b FROM t1 GROUP BY 'const';
+SELECT DISTINCT a, b FROM t1 GROUP BY 'const';
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index 9efe00afd70..36fb1737302 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -812,9 +812,14 @@ JOIN::optimize()
       DBUG_RETURN(1);
   }
   simple_group= 0;
-  group_list= remove_const(this, group_list, conds,
-                           rollup.state == ROLLUP::STATE_NONE,
-                           &simple_group);
+  {
+    ORDER *old_group_list;
+    group_list= remove_const(this, (old_group_list= group_list), conds,
+                             rollup.state == ROLLUP::STATE_NONE,
+			     &simple_group);
+    if (old_group_list && !group_list)
+      select_distinct= 0;
+  }
   if (!group_list && group)
   {
     order=0;					// The output has only one row