Index: mysql-test/t/variables-big.test
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--- mysql-test/t/variables-big.test.orig
+++ mysql-test/t/variables-big.test
@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@ SET SESSION transaction_prealloc_size=10
 --replace_column 1 <Id> 6 <Time>
 # Embedded server is hardcoded to show "Writing to net" as STATE.
 --replace_result "Writing to net" "NULL"
-SHOW PROCESSLIST;
+SHOW VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='transaction_prealloc_size';
 SET SESSION transaction_prealloc_size=1024*1024*1024*2;
 --replace_column 1 <Id> 6 <Time>
 --replace_result "Writing to net" "NULL"
-SHOW PROCESSLIST;
+SHOW VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='transaction_prealloc_size';
 SET SESSION transaction_prealloc_size=1024*1024*1024*3;
 --replace_column 1 <Id> 6 <Time>
 --replace_result "Writing to net" "NULL"
-SHOW PROCESSLIST;
+SHOW VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='transaction_prealloc_size';
 SET SESSION transaction_prealloc_size=1024*1024*1024*4;
 --replace_column 1 <Id> 6 <Time>
 --replace_result "Writing to net" "NULL"
-SHOW PROCESSLIST;
+SHOW VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='transaction_prealloc_size';
 SET SESSION transaction_prealloc_size=1024*1024*1024*5;
 --replace_column 1 <Id> 6 <Time>
 --replace_result "Writing to net" "NULL"
-SHOW PROCESSLIST;
+SHOW VARIABLES WHERE VARIABLE_NAME='transaction_prealloc_size';
 --enable_warnings