Bug #28822 It's not possible to compile a staticali linked DBD::mysql
Submitted: 1 Jun 2007 5:04 Modified: 1 Jun 2007 8:06
Reporter: Ferdinand Koban Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:Connectors: DBD::mysql ( Perl ) Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.004 OS:Linux (debian etch)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[1 Jun 2007 5:04] Ferdinand Koban
Description:
Hello,
in the Documentation which is coming with this package is discribed how to compile  DBD::mysql and link against libmysqlclient.a. But perl Makefile.PL -static -config  seems not to work anymore. 

How to repeat:
get DBD::mysql 4.004 from cpan
perl Makefile.PL -static -config
[1 Jun 2007 8:06] Sveta Smirnova
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Please read current documentation how to use the static libraries with DBD::MySQL at http://search.cpan.org/src/CAPTTOFU/DBD-mysql-4.004/INSTALL.html, chapter "The mysqlclient library"