Comment 1 for bug 587766

I've noticed something similar. For me, "TEST_VERSION=5.0.82 make test" only fails on 08_test_single_port_checking.t and 09_test_multiple_port_checking.t. But "TEST_VERSION=/some/path/5.0.82" fails on:

Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail List of Failed
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t/03_test_sandbox.t ?? ?? ??
t/04_test_sbtool.t ?? ?? ??
t/05_test_smoke.t ?? ?? ??
t/06_test_user_defined.t ?? ?? ??
t/07_test_user_defined.t ?? ?? ??
t/08_test_single_port_checking.t ?? ?? ??
t/09_test_multiple_port_checking.t ?? ?? ??
t/10_check_start_restart.t ?? ?? ??
t/11_replication_parameters.t ?? ?? ??
t/12_custom_user_pwd.t ?? ?? ??

And "TEST_VERSION=/other/path/mysql-5.0.82.tar.gz." fails on:

Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail List of Failed
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t/03_test_sandbox.t 43 29 15-43
t/06_test_user_defined.t 3 1 2
t/08_test_single_port_checking.t ?? ?? ??
t/09_test_multiple_port_checking.t ?? ?? ??
t/10_check_start_restart.t 35 7 29-35
t/12_custom_user_pwd.t 6 2 2 5