Merge mysql.com:/M41/mysql-4.1 into mysql.com:/M41/push-4.1

# Untar a MySQL distribution, change the copyright texts,

# pack it up again to a given directory

$VER="1.4";

$VER="1.5";

use Cwd;

use File::Basename;

    # remove temporary directory

    chdir($WD) or print "$! Unable to move up one dir\n";

    `cd $WD`;

    my $cwd = getcwd();

    print "current dir is $cwd\n" if $opt_verbose ;

    if (-e $dir) {

    # File "configure.in" has already been modified by "trim_the_fat()"

    `aclocal && autoheader && aclocal && automake && autoconf`;

    # It must be ensured that the timestamps of the relevant files are really 

    # ascending, for otherwise the Makefile may cause a re-run of these

    # autotools. Experience shows that deletion is the only safe way.

    unlink ("config.h.in") or die "Can't delete $destdir/config.h.in: $!\n";

    unlink ("aclocal.m4") or die "Can't delete $destdir/aclocal.m4: $!\n";

    # These sleep commands also ensure the ascending order.

    `aclocal && sleep 2 && autoheader && sleep 2 && automake && sleep 2 && autoconf`;

    die "'./configure' was not produced!" unless (-f "configure");

    if (-d "autom4te.cache") {