Merge branch 'mysql/5.5' into 5.5

scripts/mysqld_multi.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA 02110-1301, USA
 
-# Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2000, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
@@ -621,7 +621,11 @@ sub my_which
   my ($command) = @_;
   my (@paths, $path);
 
-  return $command if (-f $command && -x $command);
+ # If the argument is not 'my_print_defaults' then it would be of the format
+ # <absolute_path>/<program>
+ return $command if ($command ne 'my_print_defaults' && -f $command &&
+                     -x $command);
+
   @paths = split(':', $ENV{'PATH'});
   foreach $path (@paths)
   {