You are right I have to write: So I want to include the static mysql library "libmysqlclient.a" ... But if it is not possible to use the static library because of libtool behaviour at least Bug: #13019: compile time option"-R/opt/mysql/lib/mysql" should be fixed. It belongs to a similiar issue - getting rid of dependencies of libphp4.so from other libraries at runtime. Regards Uwe -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]