occasionally.
mysql_multi can call mysqld_safe. In doing this it's not changing the
current working directory. This may cause confusion in the case where
mysqld_multi is handling instances of servers of different versions
and the current working directory is the installation directory of one
of these servers.
Fixed by enhancing the meaning of basedir in [mysqldN] sections of
mysqld_multi. If specified, mysqld_multi will change the current
working directory to the basedir directory before starting the server
in mysqld_multi ... start ... and then change it back to what it was.