[tpop3d-discuss] --enable-mysql-auth configure failure.

[Chris Lightfoot]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:30:24AM -0600, Colin wrote:
> 
> 
> Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:19:26AM -0600, Colin wrote:
> > 
    [...]

> >>I get the same error when specifying --with-mysql-root=/usr
> >>(which, I beleive is the default for the config)
> >>
> > 
> > What does the relevant section of config.log say? Look for
> > the string `mysql_init'.
> 
> 
> It has:
> 
> configure:2984: checking for mysql_init
> configure:3012: gcc -o conftest -O2  -I/usr/include/mysql 
> -L/usr/lib/mysql conftest.c -lmysqlclient -lpam -ldl  1>&5
> 
> and:
> 
> #include "confdefs.h"
> /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
>      which can conflict with char mysql_init(); below.  */
> #include <assert.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_init();
> 
> int main() {
> 
> /* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
>      to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
>      something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
> #if defined (__stub_mysql_init) || defined (__stub___mysql_init)
> choke me
> #else
> mysql_init();
> #endif
> 
> ; return 0; }

Can you try writing that bit of code out to a file, and
compiling it with the compiler command line show, and tell
me what error messages you get?

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