Subj : Re: ./configure question
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Paul Nolan
Date : Thu Sep 02 2004 08:03 pm

pakdog wrote:
> Trying to compile MyODBC on my RH 9 system. Running ./configure with
> directions given to mysql/lib, mysql/include, mysql/src I get the
> following error:
> 
> gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lmysqlclient  -L/usr/local/mysql/lib
> -lz  1>&5
> 
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_malloc.o)(.text+0x28): In
> function `my_malloc':
> : undefined reference to `errno'
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_realloc.o)(.text+0x65): In
> function `my_realloc':
> : undefined reference to `errno'
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_lib.o)(.text+0x2e1): In function
> `my_dir':
> : undefined reference to `errno'
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_lib.o)(.text+0x3d1): In function
> `my_stat':
> : undefined reference to `errno'
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_getwd.o)(.text+0x44): In function
> `my_getwd':
> : undefined reference to `errno'
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a(my_getwd.o)(.text+0xce): more
> undefined references to `errno' follow
> 
> On Google I found a post from early 2003 with the exact error messages and
> the solution offered was to add -lc to the gcc command. I'd like to try
> that but don't know the syntax for adding the -lc options in the configure
> command (assuming that's how it's done). Can anyone here help me out?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
Before invoking ./configure, set the environment var LDFLAGS to -lc
eg.
cow@moon:~$ LDFLAGS=-lc ./configure --prefix=/usr


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