Ton Voon wrote: > On 12 Sep 2007, at 19:32, Ton Voon wrote: > >> Can you try the Altinity patched version of NDO Utils? http:// >> altinity.blogs.com/dotorg/2007/04/better_mysqlcli.html >> >> This incorporates a better detection of mysql (based on the Nagios >> Plugins' one). >> >> I'm trying to get Ethan to apply to the core NDO, so every success is >> an encouragement. > > I've since realised that this problem is actually a linking issue, > not a compile issue. > > There are three options (that I know of): > - ld.so.conf > - LD_LIBRARY_PATH at runtime > - LD_RUN_PATH at compile time (or some variation of, using linker > flags) > > This is not a problem on the Nagios Plugins because we use libtool > which adds in the correct linker flags, which is why check_mysql > works okay (run ldd check_mysql and it will find the mysql libraries > in the non-standard directories). > > This has not been included in the Altinity patch for NDO utils > because libtool is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack this nut. >
And an ugly one at that. The simplest way is to just add -Wl,-rpath /path/to/mysql-libs in addition to -L/path/to/mysql-libs if the libraries are in a non-standard path. -- Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null