On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 17:01 +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > Tobias Powalowski wrote: > > Hi > > i tried to build amarok2 this weekend and it's a real hassle to get it > > compiled, qt needs to be rebuilt with an other patch, 2 depends need to be > > added and mysql needs to be built with -fPIC option to get it build correct. > > I prepared everything and amarok2 runs fine now. > > > > Are there any mysql experts who can tell me if this hurts existing > > databases? > > Thanks for your answers. > > > > Wasn't there concerns about a performance hit in mysql when compiled > with -fPIC?
Does the whole MySQL require recompiling with -fPIC, or is libmysqlclient enough?

