Fix plugin boolean variables to receive the value "1", not "-1", when they are set to 1. Aside from being bizarre, the existing behavior is unportable: machines where char is unsigned print "255" instead. Filed upstream at http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=59905 diff -Naur mysql-5.5.8.orig/sql/sql_plugin.cc mysql-5.5.8/sql/sql_plugin.cc --- mysql-5.5.8.orig/sql/sql_plugin.cc 2010-12-03 12:58:26.000000000 -0500 +++ mysql-5.5.8/sql/sql_plugin.cc 2011-02-01 20:34:10.218305349 -0500 @@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ goto err; result= (int) tmp; } - *(my_bool *) save= -result; + *(my_bool *) save= result ? true : false; return 0; err: return 1; diff -Naur mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled_basic.result mysql-5.5.8/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled_basic.result --- mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled_basic.result 2010-12-03 12:58:25.000000000 -0500 +++ mysql-5.5.8/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled_basic.result 2011-02-01 21:53:20.006302245 -0500 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ERROR HY000: Variable 'rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled' is a GLOBAL variable and should be set with SET GLOBAL select @@global.rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled; @@global.rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled --1 +1 select @@session.rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled; ERROR HY000: Variable 'rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled' is a GLOBAL variable show global variables like 'rpl_semi_sync_master_enabled'; diff -Naur mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled_basic.result mysql-5.5.8/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled_basic.result --- mysql-5.5.8.orig/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled_basic.result 2010-12-03 12:58:26.000000000 -0500 +++ mysql-5.5.8/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled_basic.result 2011-02-01 21:53:59.689249491 -0500 @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ERROR HY000: Variable 'rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled' is a GLOBAL variable and should be set with SET GLOBAL select @@global.rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled; @@global.rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled --1 +1 select @@session.rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled; ERROR HY000: Variable 'rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled' is a GLOBAL variable show global variables like 'rpl_semi_sync_slave_enabled';