MySQL Bugs: #18497: cannot compute sizeof (char), 77

Bug #18497	cannot compute sizeof (char), 77
Submitted:	24 Mar 2006 19:25	Modified:	3 Jun 2006 19:05
Reporter:	charlie Principato	Email Updates:
Status:	No Feedback	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5,0	OS:	IBM AIX (aix 5.1)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
config dies with  cannot compute sizeof (char), 77

How to repeat:
rerun config

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using gcc compiler 3.1 and aix 5.1 I get the cannot compute error durring the configure.

check config.log file, you will find more detailed diagnostics there

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If you get "cannot compute sizeof (char), 77" error message, you have to set up LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the location of your gcc. Found out where gcc is on your system ("whereis gcc").
"export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/bin" resolves the problem in my case.

You mention updating LD_LIBRARY_PATH to reflect the location of gcc.

I am on Mac OS X 10.5 running MySQL 5.1.22, and trying to configure PHP 5.2.4. This "cannot compute sizeof (char)" issue seems to be occurring for several folks ONLY when "--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql" is included in the configure command. So, it's definitely behaving like something related to MySQL.

My gcc is located at "/usr/bin/gcc". Is there a "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" type variable for 10.5 is my question? (If it's even related of course, but I'm looking at all the options at this point). : )