diff --git a/VC++Files/sql/mysqld.dsp b/VC++Files/sql/mysqld.dsp
index fccecc7fa3c..3f6b591cbdb 100644
--- a/VC++Files/sql/mysqld.dsp
+++ b/VC++Files/sql/mysqld.dsp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BASE BSC32 /nologo
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=xilink6.exe
-# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib Wsock32.lib ..\lib_release\dbug.lib ..\lib_release\isam.lib ..\lib_release\merge.lib ..\lib_release\mysys.lib ..\lib_release\strings.lib ..\lib_release\regex.lib ..\lib_release\heap.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386
+# ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib Wsock32.lib ..\lib_release\isam.lib ..\lib_release\merge.lib ..\lib_release\mysys.lib ..\lib_release\strings.lib ..\lib_release\regex.lib ..\lib_release\heap.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /debug /machine:I386
 # ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib Wsock32.lib ..\lib_release\vio.lib ..\lib_release\isam.lib ..\lib_release\merge.lib ..\lib_release\myisam.lib ..\lib_release\myisammrg.lib ..\lib_release\mysys.lib ..\lib_release\strings.lib ..\lib_release\regex.lib ..\lib_release\heap.lib ..\lib_release\innodb.lib ..\lib_release\zlib.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /map /machine:I386 /out:"../client_release/mysqld-nt.exe"
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none /debug
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f3d785ff19e..9b0d41d0d8a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2661,6 +2661,9 @@ AC_SUBST(netware_dir)
 AC_SUBST(linked_netware_sources)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_NETWARE, test "$netware_dir" = "netware")
 
+# Ensure that table handlers gets all modifications to CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS
+export CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LD LDFLAGS AR
+
 if test "$with_server" = "yes" -o "$THREAD_SAFE_CLIENT" != "no"
 then
   AC_DEFINE(THREAD)
diff --git a/include/config-netware.h b/include/config-netware.h
index c4e63056353..3e145f566a1 100644
--- a/include/config-netware.h
+++ b/include/config-netware.h
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ extern "C" {
   #undef HAVE_CRYPT
 #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL */
 
+/* Configure can't detect this because it uses AC_TRY_RUN */
+#undef HAVE_COMPRESS
+#define HAVE_COMPRESS
+
 /* include the old function apis */
 #define USE_OLD_FUNCTIONS 1
 
diff --git a/include/m_string.h b/include/m_string.h
index 27da759f2c7..7fc35dc2e48 100644
--- a/include/m_string.h
+++ b/include/m_string.h
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ extern long strtol(const char *str, char **ptr, int base);
 extern ulong strtoul(const char *str, char **ptr, int base);
 #endif
 
-extern char *int2str(long val, char *dst, int radix, char upcase);
+extern char *int2str(long val, char *dst, int radix, int upcase);
 extern char *int10_to_str(long val,char *dst,int radix);
 extern char *str2int(const char *src,int radix,long lower,long upper,
 			 long *val);
diff --git a/innobase/os/os0file.c b/innobase/os/os0file.c
index 5f5060c7464..a27da6d870e 100644
--- a/innobase/os/os0file.c
+++ b/innobase/os/os0file.c
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ os_file_pread(
 
 	os_n_file_reads++;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PREAD
+#if defined(HAVE_PREAD) && !defined(HAVE_BROKEN_PREAD)
         os_mutex_enter(os_file_count_mutex);
 	os_file_n_pending_preads++;
         os_mutex_exit(os_file_count_mutex);
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ os_file_pwrite(
 
 	os_n_file_writes++;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PWRITE
+#if defined(HAVE_PWRITE) && !defined(HAVE_BROKEN_PREAD)
         os_mutex_enter(os_file_count_mutex);
 	os_file_n_pending_pwrites++;
         os_mutex_exit(os_file_count_mutex);
diff --git a/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c b/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
index 5f88122e730..345cd3ceb0c 100644
--- a/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
+++ b/myisam/ft_boolean_search.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ err:
 }
 
 
-/* returns 1 if str0 ~= /\<str1\>/ */
+/* returns 1 if str0 ~= /\bstr1\b/ */
 static int _ftb_strstr(const byte *s0, const byte *e0,
                 const byte *s1, const byte *e1,
                 CHARSET_INFO *cs)
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/variables.result b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
index 33adfe548da..cd86c69d8f0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/variables.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/variables.result
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ ERROR 42000: Variable 'ft_boolean_syntax' can't be set to the value of ''
 set global myisam_max_sort_file_size=4294967296;
 show global variables like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 Variable_name	Value
-myisam_max_sort_file_size	4294967296
+myisam_max_sort_file_size	MAX_FILE_SIZE
 set global myisam_max_sort_file_size=default;
 select @@global.max_user_connections,@@local.max_join_size;
 @@global.max_user_connections	@@session.max_join_size
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test b/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
index ac88125965a..91e81c5dbe0 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/fulltext.test
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ select * from t1 where MATCH a,b AGAINST ('+(support collections) +foobar*' IN B
 select * from t1 where MATCH a,b AGAINST ('+(+(support collections)) +foobar*' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
 select * from t1 where MATCH a,b AGAINST ('"xt indexes"' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
 
-# bug#2708 crash
+# bug#2708, bug#3870 crash
 
 select * from t1 where MATCH a,b AGAINST('"space model' IN BOOLEAN MODE);
-
+ 
 # boolean w/o index:
 
 select * from t1 where MATCH a AGAINST ("search" IN BOOLEAN MODE);
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/variables.test b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
index a1faa4a4f71..60ebeb045f5 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/variables.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/variables.test
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ set global ft_boolean_syntax = @@init_connect;
 # variables are set
 
 set global myisam_max_sort_file_size=4294967296;
+--replace_result 4294967296 MAX_FILE_SIZE 2146435072 MAX_FILE_SIZE
 show global variables like 'myisam_max_sort_file_size';
 set global myisam_max_sort_file_size=default;
 
diff --git a/netware/mysqld_safe.c b/netware/mysqld_safe.c
index a815497ac0f..8d4a5c4a296 100644
--- a/netware/mysqld_safe.c
+++ b/netware/mysqld_safe.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void check_data_vol();
 void check_setup();
 void check_tables();
 void mysql_start(int, char*[]);
+void parse_setvar(char *arg);
 
 /******************************************************************************
 
@@ -321,7 +322,8 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
     OPT_ERR_LOG,
     OPT_SAFE_LOG,
     OPT_MYSQLD,
-    OPT_HELP
+    OPT_HELP,
+    OPT_SETVAR
   };
   
   static struct option options[] =
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
     {"safe-log",      required_argument,  0,            OPT_SAFE_LOG},
     {"mysqld",        required_argument,  0,            OPT_MYSQLD},
     {"help",          no_argument,        0,            OPT_HELP},
+    {"set-variable",          required_argument,        0,            OPT_SETVAR},
     {0,               0,                  0,            0}
   };
   
@@ -384,7 +387,11 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
     case OPT_MYSQLD:
       strcpy(mysqld, optarg);
       break;
-      
+
+    case OPT_SETVAR:
+      parse_setvar(optarg);
+      break;
+ 
     case OPT_HELP:
       usage();
       break;
@@ -396,6 +403,25 @@ void parse_args(int argc, char *argv[])
   }
 }
 
+/*
+  parse_setvar(char *arg)
+  Pasrsing for port just to display the port num on the mysqld_safe screen
+*/
+void parse_setvar(char *arg)
+{
+  char *pos;
+  
+  if ((pos= strindex(arg, "port")))
+  {
+    for (; *pos && *pos != '='; pos++) ;
+    if (*pos)
+      strcpy(port, pos + 1);
+  }
+}
+/******************************************************************************
+
+
+
 /******************************************************************************
 
 	get_options()
@@ -599,32 +625,32 @@ void check_tables()
 ******************************************************************************/
 void mysql_start(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	arg_list_t al;
-	int i, j, err;
-	struct stat info;
-	time_t cal;
-	struct tm lt;
-	char stamp[PATH_MAX];
-	char skip;
+  arg_list_t al;
+  int i, j, err;
+  struct stat info;
+  time_t cal;
+  struct tm lt;
+  char stamp[PATH_MAX];
+  char skip;
   
   // private options
   static char *private_options[] =
   {
-  	"--autoclose",
+    "--autoclose",
     "--check-tables",
     "--help",
-  	"--err-log=",
-  	"--mysqld=",
-  	NULL
+    "--err-log=",
+    "--mysqld=",
+    NULL
   };
   
-	// args
-	init_args(&al);
-	add_arg(&al, "%s", mysqld);
-	
-	// parent args
-	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-	{
+  // args
+  init_args(&al);
+  add_arg(&al, "%s", mysqld);
+  
+  // parent args
+  for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+  {
     skip = FALSE;
     
     // skip private arguments
@@ -633,38 +659,42 @@ void mysql_start(int argc, char *argv[])
       if(!strnicmp(argv[i], private_options[j], strlen(private_options[j])))
       {
         skip = TRUE;
+	consoleprintf("The argument skipped is %s\n",argv[i]);
         break;
       }
     }
-		
-    if (!skip) add_arg(&al, "%s", argv[i]);
-	}
-	
+    
+    if (!skip)
+    {
+      add_arg(&al, "%s", argv[i]);
+      consoleprintf("The final argument is %s\n",argv[i]);
+    }
+  }
   // spawn
-	do
-	{
-  	// check the database tables
-  	if (checktables) check_tables();
-	
-		// status
+  do
+  {
+    // check the database tables
+    if (checktables) check_tables();
+    
+    // status
     time(&cal);
     localtime_r(&cal, &lt);
     strftime(stamp, PATH_MAX, "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", &lt);
     log("mysql started    : %s\n", stamp);
-		
-		// spawn mysqld
-		spawn(mysqld, &al, TRUE, NULL, NULL, err_log);
-	}
-	while (!stat(pid_file, &info));
-
-	// status
+    
+    // spawn mysqld
+    spawn(mysqld, &al, TRUE, NULL, NULL, err_log);
+  }
+  while (!stat(pid_file, &info));
+  
+  // status
   time(&cal);
   localtime_r(&cal, &lt);
   strftime(stamp, PATH_MAX, "%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S", &lt);
   log("mysql stopped    : %s\n\n", stamp);
 	
-	// free args
-	free_args(&al);
+  // free args
+  free_args(&al);
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
diff --git a/scripts/make_win_src_distribution.sh b/scripts/make_win_src_distribution.sh
index 68ba488f3d5..f6102085021 100755
--- a/scripts/make_win_src_distribution.sh
+++ b/scripts/make_win_src_distribution.sh
@@ -302,10 +302,12 @@ do
 done
 
 #
-# Fix some windows files
+# Fix some windows files to avoid compiler warnings
 #
 
-./extra/replace std:: "" -- $BASE/sql/sql_yacc.cpp
+./extra/replace std:: "" < $BASE/sql/sql_yacc.cpp | sed '/^ *switch (yytype)$/ { N; /\n *{$/ { N; /\n *default:$/ { N; /\n *break;$/ { N; /\n *}$/ d; };};};} ' > $BASE/sql/sql_yacc.cpp-new
+mv $BASE/sql/sql_yacc.cpp-new $BASE/sql/sql_yacc.cpp
+
 
 unix_to_dos $BASE/README
 mv $BASE/README $BASE/README.txt
diff --git a/strings/int2str.c b/strings/int2str.c
index 39b38ef3e1b..be86e9735ab 100644
--- a/strings/int2str.c
+++ b/strings/int2str.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ char NEAR _dig_vec_lower[] =
       val     - value to convert
       dst     - points to buffer where string representation should be stored
       radix   - radix of scale of notation
-      upcase  - flag indicating that whenever we should use upper-case digits
+      upcase  - set to 1 if we should use upper-case digits
 
   DESCRIPTION
     Converts the (long) integer value to its character form and moves it to 
@@ -52,34 +52,39 @@ char NEAR _dig_vec_lower[] =
   
 char *
 int2str(register long int val, register char *dst, register int radix, 
-        char upcase)
+        int upcase)
 {
   char buffer[65];
   register char *p;
   long int new_val;
   char *dig_vec= upcase ? _dig_vec_upper : _dig_vec_lower;
 
-  if (radix < 0) {
-    if (radix < -36 || radix > -2) return NullS;
-    if (val < 0) {
+  if (radix < 0)
+  {
+    if (radix < -36 || radix > -2)
+      return NullS;
+    if (val < 0)
+    {
       *dst++ = '-';
       val = -val;
     }
     radix = -radix;
-  } else {
-    if (radix > 36 || radix < 2) return NullS;
   }
-  /*  The slightly contorted code which follows is due to the
-      fact that few machines directly support unsigned long / and %.
-      Certainly the VAX C compiler generates a subroutine call.  In
-      the interests of efficiency (hollow laugh) I let this happen
-      for the first digit only; after that "val" will be in range so
-      that signed integer division will do.  Sorry 'bout that.
-      CHECK THE CODE PRODUCED BY YOUR C COMPILER.  The first % and /
-      should be unsigned, the second % and / signed, but C compilers
-      tend to be extraordinarily sensitive to minor details of style.
-      This works on a VAX, that's all I claim for it.
-      */
+  else if (radix > 36 || radix < 2)
+    return NullS;
+
+  /*
+    The slightly contorted code which follows is due to the fact that
+    few machines directly support unsigned long / and %.  Certainly
+    the VAX C compiler generates a subroutine call.  In the interests
+    of efficiency (hollow laugh) I let this happen for the first digit
+    only; after that "val" will be in range so that signed integer
+    division will do.  Sorry 'bout that.  CHECK THE CODE PRODUCED BY
+    YOUR C COMPILER.  The first % and / should be unsigned, the second
+    % and / signed, but C compilers tend to be extraordinarily
+    sensitive to minor details of style.  This works on a VAX, that's
+    all I claim for it.
+  */
   p = &buffer[sizeof(buffer)-1];
   *p = '\0';
   new_val=(ulong) val / (ulong) radix;