A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Solutions for platforms:
>
> Solaris
>
> - while compiling (or in Makefile) add a flag -L/usr/local/lib/mysql
> -R/usr/local/lib/mysql and you'll be on your way.
>
>
> Net/OpenBSD
>
> - Under Net/OpenBSD you have the ldconfig shlib_dirs option. You can
> just add that to the rc.
> - add ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib/mysql
>
>
> Linux
>
> - add /usr/local/lib/mysql to /etc/ld.so.conf and re-run ldconfig
Also:
- Add "-Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib/mysql" to EXTRA_LIBS the re-link
(this is similar to the Solaris solution above). This will probably
also work on other systems that use GNU Binutils - I know I've used
it under NetBSD.
--
Phil