I use the -lmysqlclient command line argument to gcc under Linux. It compiles fine and everything works great.
However, if I move the compiled binary to another system, which doesn't have the mysql client libs installed, when I try to start the program, I get: error while loading shared libraries: libmysqlclient.so.10: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Now after reading the gcc man page, it says the -l option wraps 'lib' and '.a' around whats specified, thus looking for the library libmysqlclient.a, which is a static library, no? So how come its still looking for a shared, .so library? Also, when looking in the mysql/lib directory, I see a libmysqlclient.la file. What uses this? If someone could explain to me why this behavior is happending, and maybe a little linking/shared/static background, since I am confused now (thinking that .a libs always are statically linked automatically). I understand I could use -static, but since -l uses a .a lib filename, I thought this would be implied. Thank you very much, Hans __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
