Merge with 4.0.8

BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok:
  auto-union
BUILD/SETUP.sh:
  Auto merged
acinclude.m4:
  Auto merged
include/mysql.h:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_check.c:
  Auto merged
myisam/mi_test1.c:
  Auto merged
sql/ha_berkeley.h:
  Auto merged
sql/item_strfunc.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/mini_client.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/protocol.cc:
  Auto merged
sql/sql_class.h:
  Auto merged
sql/table.cc:
  Auto merged
tools/mysqlmanager.c:
  Auto merged

include/mysql.h

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct st_mysql_options {
   char *ssl_ca;					/* PEM CA file */
   char *ssl_capath;				/* PEM directory of CA-s? */
   char *ssl_cipher;				/* cipher to use */
+  unsigned long max_allowed_packet;
   my_bool use_ssl;				/* if to use SSL or not */
   my_bool compress,named_pipe;
  /*