The problem was that simple_parser was compiled as static plugin, which is intended to be linked into server, but not plugged. This patch makes simple_parser to be compiled as dynamic plugin by adding -DMYSQL_DYNAMIC_PLUGIN into CFLAGS.
force pkglibdir to be in "mysql" package, template files: AUTHORS, ChangeLog, NEWS, README, configure.in
Change for 'make distcheck' libmysqld.vcproj: Typo
Manual merge.