MySQL Bugs: #13803: wrong info provided if libz is missing

Bug #13803	wrong info provided if libz is missing
Submitted:	6 Oct 2005 13:39	Modified:	29 Dec 2006 17:35
Reporter:	Philip Stoev	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connectors: DBD::mysql ( Perl )	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	DBD-mysql-2.9008	OS:	Linux (Fedora Core 4)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
If libz headers are missing from the machine, attempting to install DBD::Mysql results in the following:

An error occurred while linking the DBD::mysql driver. The error
message seems to indicate that you don't have a libz.a,
or a libz.so. This is typically resolved by:

1.) You may try to remove the -lz or -lgz flag from the libs list
    by using the --libs switch for "perl Makefile.PL".
2.) On Red Hat Linux install libz-devel
3.) On other systems, please contact the mailing list

     Msql-Mysql-modules@lists.mysql.com

For further hints, see INSTALL.html, section Linker flags.

However on Fedora, and , it appears on all recent Red Hat systems, the package is called zlib-devel and not libz-devel

How to repeat:
Install mysql-server and mysql-client RPMs without installing mysql-devel. Then install DBD::MySQL from CPAN.

Suggested fix:
Update libz-devel to zlib-devel and possibly provide more information for non-RedHat systems, as well as commands by which users can quickly obtain the required package.

Making the mysql RPMs dependent on zlib and zlib-devel may also be an idea to be considered. It makes no sense not to use compression when one is freely available.

same for SuSE RPMs

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Please note the contents #18294

This is much the same problem.

Regards,

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A fix for this has been committed to the DBD::mysql repository, and it will be in the next release (probably 4.01).