diff --git a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
index 8e108e20299..298521b5aa7 100644
--- a/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
+++ b/client/mysqlbinlog.cc
@@ -45,17 +45,15 @@ static const char *load_default_groups[]= { "mysqlbinlog","client",0 };
 void sql_print_error(const char *format, ...);
 
 static bool one_database = 0;
-static bool force_opt= 0;
-static const char* database;
-static bool short_form = 0;
+static const char* database= 0;
+static my_bool force_opt= 0, short_form= 0, remote_opt= 0;
 static ulonglong offset = 0;
 static const char* host = 0;
 static int port = MYSQL_PORT;
-static const char* sock= MYSQL_UNIX_ADDR;
+static const char* sock= 0;
 static const char* user = 0;
 static const char* pass = "";
 static ulonglong position = 0;
-static bool use_remote = 0;
 static short binlog_flags = 0; 
 static MYSQL* mysql = NULL;
 
@@ -238,6 +236,9 @@ static struct my_option my_long_options[] =
    0, 0},
   {"result-file", 'r', "Direct output to a given file.", 0, 0, 0, GET_STR,
    REQUIRED_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
+  {"read-from-remote-server", 'R', "Read binary logs from a MySQL server",
+   (gptr*) &remote_opt, (gptr*) &remote_opt, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+   0, 0},
   {"short-form", 's', "Just show the queries, no extra info.",
    (gptr*) &short_form, (gptr*) &short_form, 0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 0, 0,
    0, 0},
@@ -342,22 +343,15 @@ get_one_option(int optid, const struct my_option *opt __attribute__((unused)),
   case 'd':
     one_database = 1;
     break;
-  case 'h':
-    use_remote = 1;
-    break;
-  case 'P':
-    use_remote = 1;
-    break;
   case 'p':
-    use_remote = 1;
     pass = my_strdup(argument, MYF(0));
     break;
   case 'r':
     if (!(result_file = my_fopen(argument, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY, MYF(MY_WME))))
       exit(1);
     break;
-  case 'u':
-    use_remote = 1;
+  case 'R':
+    remote_opt= 1;
     break;
   case 'V':
     print_version();
@@ -396,7 +390,7 @@ static MYSQL* safe_connect()
 
 static void dump_log_entries(const char* logname)
 {
-  if (use_remote)
+  if (remote_opt)
     dump_remote_log_entries(logname);
   else
     dump_local_log_entries(logname);  
@@ -758,7 +752,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (use_remote)
+  if (remote_opt)
     mysql = safe_connect();
 
   MY_TMPDIR tmpdir;
@@ -782,7 +776,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     free_tmpdir(&tmpdir);
   if (result_file != stdout)
     my_fclose(result_file, MYF(0));
-  if (use_remote)
+  if (remote_opt)
     mysql_close(mysql);
   free_defaults(defaults_argv);
   my_end(0);
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqlbinlog.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqlbinlog.test
index 22b63146652..e22a37fabfd 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqlbinlog.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqlbinlog.test
@@ -39,28 +39,28 @@ select "--- Local --" as "";
 #
 
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.001 
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.001 
 
 # this should not fail but shouldn't produce any working statements
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- Broken LOAD DATA --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.002
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.002
 
 # this should show almost nothing
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- --database --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --database=nottest $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.001
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --database=nottest $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.001
 
 # this test for position option
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- --position --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --position=27 $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.002
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --position=27 $MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/log/master-bin.002
 
 # These are tests for remote binlog.
 # They should return the same as previous test.
@@ -76,28 +76,28 @@ select "--- Remote --" as "";
 # This is broken now
 # By the way it seems that remote version fetches all events with name >= master-bin.001
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.001
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --read-from-remote-server --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.001
 
 # This is broken too
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- Broken LOAD DATA --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.002
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --read-from-remote-server --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.002
 
 # And this too ! (altough it is documented)
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- --database --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT --database=nottest master-bin.001
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --read-from-remote-server --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT --database=nottest master-bin.001
 
 # Strangely but this works
 --disable_query_log
 select "--- --position --" as "";
 --enable_query_log
 --replace_result $MYSQL_TEST_DIR MYSQL_TEST_DIR
---exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --position=27 --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.002
+--exec $MYSQL_BINLOG --short-form --local-load=$MYSQL_TEST_DIR/var/tmp/ --read-from-remote-server --position=27 --user=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=$MASTER_MYPORT master-bin.002
 
 # clean up
 drop table t1;
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index 17b98fe45c3..e846976eceb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS =		@server_scripts@ \
 			make_win_src_distribution
 
 EXTRA_SCRIPTS =		make_binary_distribution.sh \
+			make_sharedlib_distribution.sh \
 			make_win_src_distribution.sh \
 			msql2mysql.sh \
 			mysql_config.sh \
@@ -60,12 +61,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST =		$(EXTRA_SCRIPTS) \
 			mysqlaccess.conf \
 			mysqlbug
 
-pkgdata_DATA =		make_binary_distribution
+pkgdata_DATA =		make_binary_distribution make_sharedlib_distribution
 
 # mysqlbug should be distributed built so that people can report build
 # failures with it.
 CLEANFILES =		@server_scripts@ \
 			make_binary_distribution \
+			make_sharedlib_distribution \
 			msql2mysql \
 			mysql_config \
 			mysql_fix_privilege_tables \
diff --git a/scripts/make_sharedlib_distribution.sh b/scripts/make_sharedlib_distribution.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4104a315296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/make_sharedlib_distribution.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# The default path should be /usr/local
+
+# Get some info from configure
+# chmod +x ./scripts/setsomevars
+
+machine=@MACHINE_TYPE@
+system=@SYSTEM_TYPE@
+version=@VERSION@
+export machine system version
+SOURCE=`pwd` 
+CP="cp -p"
+MV="mv"
+
+STRIP=1
+DEBUG=0
+SILENT=0
+TMP=/tmp
+SUFFIX=""
+
+parse_arguments() {
+  for arg do
+    case "$arg" in
+      --debug)    DEBUG=1;;
+      --tmp=*)    TMP=`echo "$arg" | sed -e "s;--tmp=;;"` ;;
+      --suffix=*) SUFFIX=`echo "$arg" | sed -e "s;--suffix=;;"` ;;
+      --no-strip) STRIP=0 ;;
+      --silent)   SILENT=1 ;;
+      *)
+	echo "Unknown argument '$arg'"
+	exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+parse_arguments "$@"
+
+BASE=$TMP/my_dist$SUFFIX
+
+if [ -d $BASE ] ; then
+ rm -r -f $BASE
+fi
+
+mkdir -p $BASE/lib
+
+for i in \
+  libmysql/.libs/libmysqlclient.so* \
+  libmysql_r/.libs/libmysqlclient_r.so*
+do
+  if [ -f $i ]
+  then
+    $CP $i $BASE/lib
+   fi
+done
+
+# Change the distribution to a long descriptive name
+NEW_NAME=mysql-shared-$version-$system-$machine$SUFFIX
+BASE2=$TMP/$NEW_NAME
+rm -r -f $BASE2
+mv $BASE $BASE2
+BASE=$BASE2
+
+#if we are debugging, do not do tar/gz
+if [ x$DEBUG = x1 ] ; then
+ exit
+fi
+
+# This is needed to prefer GNU tar instead of tar because tar can't
+# always handle long filenames
+
+PATH_DIRS=`echo $PATH | sed -e 's/^:/. /' -e 's/:$/ ./' -e 's/::/ . /g' -e 's/:/ /g' `
+which_1 ()
+{
+  for cmd
+  do
+    for d in $PATH_DIRS
+    do
+      for file in $d/$cmd
+      do
+	if test -x $file -a ! -d $file
+	then
+	  echo $file
+	  exit 0
+	fi
+      done
+    done
+  done
+  exit 1
+}
+
+#
+# Create the result tar file
+#
+
+tar=`which_1 gnutar gtar`
+if test "$?" = "1" -o "$tar" = ""
+then
+  tar=tar
+fi
+
+echo "Using $tar to create archive"
+cd $TMP
+
+OPT=cvf
+if [ x$SILENT = x1 ] ; then
+  OPT=cf
+fi
+
+$tar $OPT $SOURCE/$NEW_NAME.tar $NEW_NAME
+cd $SOURCE
+echo "Compressing archive"
+gzip -9 $NEW_NAME.tar
+echo "Removing temporary directory"
+rm -r -f $BASE
+
+echo "$NEW_NAME.tar.gz created"
diff --git a/sql/slave.cc b/sql/slave.cc
index 10d451a88bc..12698c8eda4 100644
--- a/sql/slave.cc
+++ b/sql/slave.cc
@@ -1017,11 +1017,12 @@ static int check_master_version(MYSQL* mysql, MASTER_INFO* mi)
       BINLOG_FORMAT_323_GEQ_57 ;
     break;
   case '4':
-  case '5':
     mi->old_format = BINLOG_FORMAT_CURRENT;
     break;
   default:
-    errmsg = "Master reported unrecognized MySQL version";
+    /* 5.0 is not supported */
+    errmsg = "Master reported an unrecognized MySQL version. Note that 4.0 \
+slaves can't replicate a 5.0 or newer master.";
     break;
   }