README.mysql

SSL ERRORS DURING "make"
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If "make" fails with a bunch of SSL-related looking errors, you probably
have a MySQL client library that requires OpenSSL support.  Rerun
the "configure" script as "./configure --with-openssl" and try to "make"
again.



"ZLIB" LINKER ERRORS DURING "make"
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If compilation fails with an error like "libtool: link: cannot find the
library `/usr/lib/mysql/libz.la'", this is a bug in MySQL.

If you are running MySQL 4.1, version 4.1.16 (and possibly later) is
known to have this bug.  I haven't tried version 4.1.15.  Version 4.1.14
is known to work fine.  Downgrading to 4.1.14 will work.

If you are running MySQL 5.x, I can't help you much since I don't run
those versions myself and haven't heard any other reports of the error.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news-5-0-17.html says:

    "The original Linux RPM packages (5.0.17-0) had an issue
     with a zlib dependency that would result in an error
     during an install or upgrade.  They were replaced by new
     binaries, 5.0.17-1".

I do not know if that means the bug is limited to 5.0.17, or all
prior versions, or what.  Please email bboy@bboy.net if you can give me
a definitive answer to put in here.



- 18-Jan-2006  Don Moore  <bboy@bboy.net>