Bug #7766 'Ndbcluster startup failed': 'Error handler shutting down system'

Description:
Yet another way in which NDB startup failed in testing the 4.1.9 release build - for others, see bug#7477 and bug#7765.
Changeset:
  1.2190.1.1 05/01/07 12:29:15 lenz@mysql.com +1 -0
  - Updated Do-pkg to include the MySQL Preference Pane into the Mac OS X
    installation disk images

=== cut ===
Installing Test Databases
Removing Stale Files
Installing Master Databases
running  ../bin/mysqld --no-defaults --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables     --basedir=.. --datadir=mysql-test/var/master-data --skip-innodb --skip-ndbcluster --skip-bdb
Installing Master Databases 1
running  ../bin/mysqld --no-defaults --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables     --basedir=.. --datadir=mysql-test/var/master-data1 --skip-innodb --skip-ndbcluster --skip-bdb
Installing Slave Databases
running  ../bin/mysqld --no-defaults --bootstrap --skip-grant-tables     --basedir=.. --datadir=mysql-test/var/slave-data --skip-innodb --skip-ndbcluster --skip-bdb
Manager disabled, skipping manager start.
Starting ndbcluster
Starting ndbd
Error handler shutting down system
Error handler shutdown completed - exiting
Starting ndbd
Error handler shutting down system
Error handler shutdown completed - exiting
Waiting for started...
waitNodeState(STARTED, -1) timeout after 121 attemps
Ndbcluster startup failed
Failed to shutdown ndbcluster, executing kill -95029 -94384
=== cut ===

This symptom happened only on OSF 5.1 ('barney' = 64 bit), other platforms differed.

How to repeat:
Build and test on barney.

we've never managed to get barney to work with ndb

This bug is not scheduled to be fixed at this time.