diff --git a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_flsh_tbls.test b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_flsh_tbls.test
index ee6b0ed1426..0baf49c9fac 100644
--- a/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_flsh_tbls.test
+++ b/mysql-test/extra/rpl_tests/rpl_flsh_tbls.test
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 # Test of FLUSH NO_WRITE_TO_BINLOG by the way.
 #
 
-
--- source include/master-slave.inc
+source include/master-slave.inc;
 
 let $SERVER_VERSION=`select version()`;
 
@@ -34,26 +33,32 @@ flush tables;
 --replace_column 2 # 5 #
 --replace_regex /table_id: [0-9]+/table_id: #/
 eval SHOW BINLOG EVENTS FROM $rename_event_pos ;
-save_master_pos;
-connection slave;
-sync_with_master;
+
+sync_slave_with_master;
 # Check that the slave is not confused.
 select * from t3;
 # Note that all this confusion may cause warnings 'table xx is open on rename'
 # in the .err files; these are not fatal and are not reported by mysql-test-run.
-
 stop slave;
+source include/wait_for_slave_to_stop.inc;
+
 connection master;
 drop table t1;
+
 connection slave;
 flush tables with read lock;
 start slave;
-sleep 1;
+source include/wait_for_slave_to_start.inc;
 --error 1192
 stop slave;
 
+# Cleanup
+unlock tables;
+
 connection master;
 drop table t3, t4, t5;
 
+sync_slave_with_master;
+
 # End of 4.1 tests
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/mtr_warnings.sql b/mysql-test/include/mtr_warnings.sql
index b1eb094c4ee..999f9c1dde5 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/mtr_warnings.sql
+++ b/mysql-test/include/mtr_warnings.sql
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ INSERT INTO global_suppressions VALUES
 --
 CREATE DEFINER=root@localhost PROCEDURE check_warnings(OUT result INT)
 BEGIN
+  DECLARE `text` text charset utf8;
+  DECLARE `pos` bigint unsigned;
 
   -- Don't write these queries to binlog
   SET SQL_LOG_BIN=0;
@@ -234,15 +236,17 @@ BEGIN
       WHERE variable_name='LOG_ERROR';
 
   SET @@session.max_allowed_packet= 1024*1024*1024;
-  SET @text= load_file(@log_error);
-  -- select @text;
+  SET text= load_file(@log_error);
+  -- select text;
 
-  WHILE LOCATE('\n', @text) DO
+  SET pos= LOCATE('\n', text);
+  WHILE pos DO
     INSERT error_log (line)
       VALUES (
-       SUBSTR(@text, 1, LOCATE('\n', @text)-1)
+       SUBSTR(text, 1, pos-1)
       );
-    SET @text= SUBSTR(@text FROM LOCATE('\n', @text)+1);
+    SET text= SUBSTR(text FROM pos+1);
+    SET pos= LOCATE('\n', text);
   END WHILE;
 
   -- select * from error_log;
@@ -287,6 +291,7 @@ BEGIN
 
   -- Cleanup for next test
   TRUNCATE test_suppressions;
+  DROP TABLE error_log, suspect_lines;
 
 END||
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/rpl_multi_engine.inc b/mysql-test/include/rpl_multi_engine.inc
index f2c837ef90b..b2d1a9c1cef 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/rpl_multi_engine.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/rpl_multi_engine.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 sync_slave_with_master;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 connection master;
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 sync_slave_with_master;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc b/mysql-test/include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc
index c454e3eb4d7..2d392f0e761 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc
@@ -7,15 +7,29 @@
 #
 # source include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc;
 #
-# Parameters to this macro are $slave_timeout and
-# $slave_keep_connection. See wait_for_slave_param.inc for
-# descriptions.
+# Parameters:
+#
+# $slave_sql_errno
+#   Number of expected SQL error. If it skipped then any error
+#   will pass.
+# 
+# $slave_timeout and
+#   See wait_for_slave_param.inc for descriptions.
+# 
+# $slave_keep_connection. 
+#   See wait_for_slave_param.inc for descriptions.
 
 let $old_slave_param_comparison= $slave_param_comparison;
 
 let $slave_param= Last_SQL_Errno;
 let $slave_param_comparison= !=;
 let $slave_param_value= 0;
+
+if ($slave_sql_errno) {
+  let $slave_param_comparison= =;
+  let $slave_param_value= $slave_sql_errno;
+}
+
 let $slave_error_message= Failed while waiting for slave to produce an error in its sql thread;
 source include/wait_for_slave_param.inc;
 let $slave_error_message= ;
diff --git a/mysql-test/include/wait_until_disconnected.inc b/mysql-test/include/wait_until_disconnected.inc
index 66a09f3c971..956ab3c1845 100644
--- a/mysql-test/include/wait_until_disconnected.inc
+++ b/mysql-test/include/wait_until_disconnected.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 --disable_result_log
 --disable_query_log
 let $counter= 500;
-let $mysql_errno= 9999;
+let $mysql_errno= 0;
 while (!$mysql_errno)
 {
   --error 0,1053,2002,2006
diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
index 6a46a372c45..70d0a5be687 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_report.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- cperl -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2004-2006 MySQL AB
+# Copyright (C) 2004-2006 MySQL AB, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 # 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -110,22 +110,26 @@ sub mtr_report_test ($) {
 
   if ($result eq 'MTR_RES_FAILED'){
 
+    my $timest = format_time();
+
     if ( $warnings )
     {
       mtr_report("[ fail ]  Found warnings in server log file!");
+      mtr_report("        Test ended at $timest");
       mtr_report($warnings);
       return;
     }
     my $timeout= $tinfo->{'timeout'};
     if ( $timeout )
     {
-      mtr_report("[ fail ]  timeout after $timeout minutes");
+      mtr_report("[ fail ]  timeout after $timeout seconds");
+      mtr_report("        Test ended at $timest");
       mtr_report("\n$tinfo->{'comment'}");
       return;
     }
     else
     {
-      mtr_report("[ fail ]");
+      mtr_report("[ fail ]\n        Test ended at $timest");
     }
 
     if ( $logfile )
@@ -372,6 +376,13 @@ use Time::localtime;
 
 use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday);
 
+sub format_time {
+  my $tm= localtime();
+  return sprintf("%4d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d",
+		 $tm->year + 1900, $tm->mon+1, $tm->mday,
+		 $tm->hour, $tm->min, $tm->sec);
+}
+
 my $t0= gettimeofday();
 
 sub _timestamp {
diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
index 1cd3fad90ae..049dbb4aceb 100755
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.pl
@@ -2810,8 +2810,12 @@ sub check_testcase($$)
 	  # Test failed, grab the report mysqltest has created
 	  my $report= mtr_grab_file($err_file);
 	  $tinfo->{check}.=
-	    "\nThe check of testcase '$tname' failed, this is the\n".
-	      "diff between before and after:\n";
+	    "\nMTR's internal check of the test case '$tname' failed.
+This means that the test case does not preserve the state that existed
+before the test case was executed.  Most likely the test case did not
+do a proper clean-up.
+This is the diff of the states of the servers before and after the
+test case was executed:\n";
 	  $tinfo->{check}.= $report;
 
 	  # Check failed, mark the test case with that info
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/general_log_func.result b/mysql-test/r/general_log_func.result
index 012a1383497..4b6cbda6eff 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/general_log_func.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/general_log_func.result
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ INSERT into t1(name) values('Record_3');
 INSERT into t1(name) values('Record_4');
 ## There should be a difference ##
 SET @@session.max_allowed_packet= 1024*1024*1024;
-select
-STRCMP(load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig'), load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy'));
-STRCMP(load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig'), load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy'))
+SET @orig_file= load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig');
+SET @copy_file= load_file('MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy');
+SELECT STRCMP(@orig_file, @copy_file);
+STRCMP(@orig_file, @copy_file)
 1
 ## Dropping tables ##
 DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_multi_engine.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_multi_engine.result
index 7cb7d873415..e26777c15ce 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_multi_engine.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_multi_engine.result
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@ reset master;
 reset slave;
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9;
 start slave;
-create database if not exists mysqltest1;
-use mysqltest1;
 drop table if exists t1;
 CREATE TABLE t1 (id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL, b1 BIT(8), vc
 VARCHAR(255), bc CHAR(255), d DECIMAL(10,4) DEFAULT 0, f FLOAT DEFAULT
 0, total BIGINT UNSIGNED, y YEAR, t TIMESTAMP,PRIMARY KEY(id));
-use mysqltest1;
 alter table t1 engine=myisam;
 show create table t1;
 Table	Create Table
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -123,7 +120,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -206,7 +203,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -240,7 +237,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -289,7 +286,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -323,7 +320,7 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
@@ -357,10 +354,9 @@ id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 42	0	Testing MySQL databases is a cool 	Must make it bug free for the customer	654321.4321	15.21	0	1965	2005-09-09 00:00:00
-DELETE FROM mysqltest1.t1 WHERE id = 42;
+DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 42;
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 select id,hex(b1),vc,bc,d,f,total,y,t from t1 order by id;
 id	hex(b1)	vc	bc	d	f	total	y	t
 DROP TABLE t1;
-DROP DATABASE mysqltest1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_create_table.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_create_table.result
index ad659c37b7f..b6dede79b9d 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_create_table.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_create_table.result
@@ -436,11 +436,13 @@ reset master;
 reset slave;
 drop table if exists t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,t7,t8,t9;
 start slave;
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest1;
 CREATE DATABASE mysqltest1;
 CREATE TABLE mysqltest1.without_select (f1 BIGINT);
 CREATE TABLE mysqltest1.with_select AS SELECT 1 AS f1;
 show binlog events from <binlog_start>;
 Log_name	Pos	Event_type	Server_id	End_log_pos	Info
+master-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest1
 master-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	CREATE DATABASE mysqltest1
 master-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	use `test`; CREATE TABLE mysqltest1.without_select (f1 BIGINT)
 master-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	use `test`; BEGIN
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_flsh_tbls.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_flsh_tbls.result
index 09626754428..129bad0fbcc 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_flsh_tbls.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_row_flsh_tbls.result
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ flush tables with read lock;
 start slave;
 stop slave;
 ERROR HY000: Can't execute the given command because you have active locked tables or an active transaction
+unlock tables;
 drop table t3, t4, t5;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_flsh_tbls.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_flsh_tbls.result
index 1c6b5615b6e..74031af1dde 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_flsh_tbls.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_stm_flsh_tbls.result
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ flush tables with read lock;
 start slave;
 stop slave;
 ERROR HY000: Can't execute the given command because you have active locked tables or an active transaction
+unlock tables;
 drop table t3, t4, t5;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_multi_engine.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_multi_engine.test
index 10780c765f7..31c4a2050d7 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_multi_engine.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_multi_engine.test
@@ -12,16 +12,14 @@ connection slave;
 connection master;
 -- source include/have_innodb.inc
 --disable_warnings
-create database if not exists mysqltest1;
-use mysqltest1;
 drop table if exists t1;
+--enable_warnings
 
 CREATE TABLE t1 (id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL, b1 BIT(8), vc
 VARCHAR(255), bc CHAR(255), d DECIMAL(10,4) DEFAULT 0, f FLOAT DEFAULT
 0, total BIGINT UNSIGNED, y YEAR, t TIMESTAMP,PRIMARY KEY(id));
 
 sync_slave_with_master;
-use mysqltest1;
 
 # MyISAM to MyISAM then InnoDB then MEMORY
 
@@ -101,8 +99,6 @@ show create table t1;
 # cleanup
 connection master;
 DROP TABLE t1;
-# Need to drop mysqltest1 as well so other test will pass.
-DROP DATABASE mysqltest1;
 sync_slave_with_master;
 
 # End of 5.1 test case
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_create_table.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_create_table.test
index 3fb5aa8e1f2..e4825a4abfd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_create_table.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_create_table.test
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ sync_slave_with_master;
 source include/master-slave-reset.inc;
 
 connection master;
+--disable_warnings
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS mysqltest1;
+--enable_warnings
 CREATE DATABASE mysqltest1;
 
 CREATE TABLE mysqltest1.without_select (f1 BIGINT);
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_start_stop_slave.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_start_stop_slave.test
index 93c613f4cf4..dbf0775c978 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_start_stop_slave.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_start_stop_slave.test
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ let $wait_condition= SELECT COUNT(*) > 0 FROM t1;
 source include/wait_condition.inc;
 stop slave io_thread;
 start slave io_thread;
+source include/wait_for_slave_to_start.inc;
 sync_with_master;
 
 connection master;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_mystery22.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_mystery22.test
index b43a734fffc..171bd9d5531 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_mystery22.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_stm_mystery22.test
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ insert into t1 values(NULL,'new');
 save_master_pos;
 connection slave;
 # wait until the slave tries to run the query, fails and aborts slave thread
+let $slave_sql_errno= 1062;
 source include/wait_for_slave_sql_error.inc;
 select * from t1 order by n;
 delete from t1 where n = 2;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/disabled.def b/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
index e9357c2c048..2e20ea14207 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
+++ b/mysql-test/t/disabled.def
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ timestamp_func                        : BUG#37962 2008-07-08 sven *_func tests c
 log_output_func                       : BUG#37766 2008-07-10 sven main.log_output_func randomly fails in pushbuild
 slow_query_log_func.test              : Bug #37962: *_func tests containing sleeps/race conditions
 log_bin_trust_function_creators_func : Bug#41003 Dec-12-2008 andrei todo:re-enable after merging the bug fixes from the main trees.
+innodb_max_dirty_pages_pct_func       : BUG#41018 BUG#39382 2008-12-02 sven test fails often. some failures fill up the disk, causing subsequent failures in many other tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/general_log_func.test b/mysql-test/t/general_log_func.test
index 3539b978c55..20b875388c1 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/general_log_func.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/general_log_func.test
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ INSERT into t1(name) values('Record_4');
 --echo ## There should be a difference ##
 SET @@session.max_allowed_packet= 1024*1024*1024;
 --replace_result $MYSQLD_LOGFILE MYSQLD_LOGFILE
-eval select
-  STRCMP(load_file('$MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig'), load_file('$MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy'));
+eval SET @orig_file= load_file('$MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig');
+--replace_result $MYSQLD_LOGFILE MYSQLD_LOGFILE
+eval SET @copy_file= load_file('$MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy');
+eval SELECT STRCMP(@orig_file, @copy_file);
 --remove_file $MYSQLD_LOGFILE.copy
 --remove_file $MYSQLD_LOGFILE.orig