Bug #20698 mysql_config --libs output is wrong for static mysql packages
Submitted: 26 Jun 2006 14:11 Modified: 27 Jul 2006 17:03
Reporter: Stefan Hueneburg Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4 and 5 OS:Linux (Debian Sarge)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[26 Jun 2006 14:11] Stefan Hueneburg 
Description:
I don't know if this is a known issue, but i couldn't find anything in the Bug System.

MysqlAB 4 or 5 static binary packages for Linux (or other Unixes) doesn't contain a shared libmysqlclient.so library. 
So far so bad, it would make live easier, if there were a shared client.

However, mysql_config announces a nonexisting libmysqlclient.so if called with option --libs:

-L/www/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm

/www/mysql/bin # ls -l ../lib/libmysqlclient*
-rw-r--r--  1 root mysql 1710624 Dec 15  2005 ../lib/libmysqlclient.a
-rw-r--r--  1 root mysql 1723468 Dec 15  2005 ../lib/libmysqlclient_r.a

This leads to problems if one tries to compile PHP4/5 or other application that depend on a mysql clientlib. 

PHP autoconf thinks, there is a libmysqlclient.so to link dynamically, but the compiled application lacks Mysql Support.

How to repeat:
/www/mysql/bin # ./mysql_config --libs
-L/www/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm

/www/mysql/bin # ls -l ../lib/libmysqlclient*
-rw-r--r--  1 root mysql 1710624 Dec 15  2005 ../lib/libmysqlclient.a
-rw-r--r--  1 root mysql 1723468 Dec 15  2005 ../lib/libmysqlclient_r.a
[27 Jun 2006 17:03] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Thank you for a problem report. Please, inform, what exact packages should be checked, say, in latest 5.0.22. http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/MySQL-devel-5.0.22-0.i386.rpm? http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-standard-5.0.22-linux-i686.tar.gz?
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