#30136 [NEW]: Error when MySQL is not on /usr/local/mysql

From: akita_kobe at yahoo dot com Operating system: Solaris 8 PHP version: 4.3.8 PHP Bug Type: *Configuration Issues Bug description: Error when MySQL is not on /usr/local/mysql Description: ------------ When configuring PHP with MySQL with the following config it fails: ./configure --prefix=/project/compiled/PHP \ --exec-prefix=/project/compiled/PHP \ --with-mysql=/project/compiled/MySQL \ --with-zlib=/usr/local The error message that config displays is: checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient... no configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information. From config.log: ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to conftest collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 56453 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ char mysql_error(); int main() { mysql_error() ; return 0; } However, if I symlink /project/compiled/MySQL to /usr/local/mysql, everything works perfectly. I don't want that symlink in there. Is there a way to do so? Please let me know. Reproduce code: --------------- ./configure --prefix=/project/compiled/PHP \ --exec-prefix=/project/compiled/PHP \ --with-mysql=/project/compiled/MySQL \ --with-zlib=/usr/local Expected result: ---------------- Configure to run without errors Actual result: -------------- checking for mysql_close in -lmysqlclient... no checking for mysql_error in -lmysqlclient... no configure: error: mysql configure failed. Please check config.log for more information. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=30136&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=float MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=30136&r=mysqlcfg