--- scripts/safe_mysqld.sh.orig	Sat Sep  2 17:28:26 2000
+++ scripts/safe_mysqld.sh	Sat Sep  2 17:31:19 2000
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@
 
 
 NOHUP_NICENESS=`nohup nice`
-if test $? -ne 0 || test x"$NOHUP_NICENESS" = x0 || test ! nice --1 echo foo > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+if test $? -ne 0 || test x"$NOHUP_NICENESS" = x0 || test ! nice -1 echo foo > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   NOHUP_NICENESS="nohup"
 else
-  NOHUP_NICENESS="nice --$NOHUP_NICENESS nohup"
+  NOHUP_NICENESS="nice -$NOHUP_NICENESS nohup"
 fi
 
 export MYSQL_UNIX_PORT
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
     # The only thing is ps x => redhat 5 gives warnings when using ps -x.
     # kill -9 is used or the process won't react on the kill.
     numofproces=`ps xa | grep -v "grep" | grep -c $ledir/mysqld`
-    echo -e "\nNumber of processes running now: $numofproces" | tee -a $err_log
+    echo | tee -a $err_log
+    echo "Number of processes running now: $numofproces" | tee -a $err_log
     I=1
     while test "$I" -le "$numofproces"
     do 
@@ -185,4 +186,6 @@
   echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S  mysqld restarted'`" | tee -a $err_log
 done
 
-echo -e "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S  mysqld ended\n'`" | tee -a $err_log
+echo | tee -a $err_log
+echo "`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S  mysqld ended'`" | tee -a $err_log
+echo | tee -a $err_log
--- support-files/mysql.server.sh.orig	Sat Sep  2 17:35:56 2000
+++ support-files/mysql.server.sh	Sat Sep  2 17:36:35 2000
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 mysql_daemon_user=@MYSQLD_USER@
 export PATH
 
+## your options...
+OPT=""
+
 mode=$1
 
 if test -w /             # determine if we should look at the root config file
@@ -82,8 +85,9 @@
     then
       # Give extra arguments to mysqld with the my.cnf file. This script may
       # be overwritten at next upgrade.
-      $bindir/safe_mysqld \
-	--user=$mysql_daemon_user --datadir=$datadir --pid-file=$pid_file --log=$log_file  &
+      $bindir/safe_mysqld $OPT \
+	--user=$mysql_daemon_user --datadir=$datadir --pid-file=$pid_file &
+# --log=$log_file  &
     else
       echo "Can't execute $bindir/safe_mysqld"
     fi
--- configure.orig	Sat Sep  2 17:54:03 2000
+++ configure	Sat Sep  2 17:54:18 2000
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
   --with-charset=CHARSET  use CHARSET by default (one of: big5 cp1251 cp1257
                           croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk
                           german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr
-                          latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251 win1251ukr
+                          latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251ukr
                           ujis sjis tis620; default is latin1)"
 ac_help="$ac_help
   --with-extra-charsets=cs1,cs2
@@ -8843,7 +8843,7 @@
 
 # Choose a character set
 
-CHARSETS_AVAILABLE="big5 cp1251 cp1257 croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251 win1251ukr ujis sjis tis620"
+CHARSETS_AVAILABLE="big5 cp1251 cp1257 croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251ukr ujis sjis tis620"
 DEFAULT_CHARSET=latin1
 
 # Check whether --with-charset or --without-charset was given.
--- configure.in.orig	Sat Sep  2 17:53:57 2000
+++ configure.in	Sat Sep  2 17:54:36 2000
@@ -1517,14 +1517,14 @@
 dnl or other special handling, you must also create
 dnl strings/ctype-$charset_name.c
 
-CHARSETS_AVAILABLE="big5 cp1251 cp1257 croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251 win1251ukr ujis sjis tis620"
+CHARSETS_AVAILABLE="big5 cp1251 cp1257 croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251ukr ujis sjis tis620"
 DEFAULT_CHARSET=latin1
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(charset,
   [  --with-charset=CHARSET  use CHARSET by default (one of: big5 cp1251 cp1257
                           croat czech danish dec8 dos estonia euc_kr gb2312 gbk
                           german1 greek hebrew hp8 hungarian koi8_ru koi8_ukr
-                          latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251 win1251ukr
+                          latin1 latin2 swe7 usa7 win1250 win1251ukr
                           ujis sjis tis620; default is latin1)],
   [default_charset="$withval"],
   [default_charset="$DEFAULT_CHARSET"])