--- mysql-5.0.22/scripts/mysqlhotcopy.sh	2006-05-25 11:56:49.000000000 +0300
+++ /home/glen/mysqlhotcopy.fixed	2006-06-09 18:41:01.447594016 +0300
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
 while ( my ($var,$value) = $sth_vars->fetchrow_array ) {
     $mysqld_vars{ $var } = $value;
 }
+$sth_vars->finish();
 my $datadir = $mysqld_vars{'datadir'}
     || die "datadir not in mysqld variables";
     $datadir= $opt{chroot}.$datadir if ($opt{chroot});
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@
 	next if $db_name =~ m/^information_schema$/i;
 	push @db_desc, { 'src' => $db_name, 't_regex' => $t_regex } if ( $db_name =~ m/$opt{regexp}/o );
     }
+    $sth_dbs->finish();
 }
 
 # --- get list of tables to hotcopy ---