add path to mysql lib into LD_LIB_PATH or whatever it calles in solaris..
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 1:35 PM
Subject: Solaris woos... compiling vpopmail w/mysql
> Hello list,
>
> I've read through the archives and found plenty of people with similar
> problems compiling vpopmail on - obviously - Solaris boxes. From what I
> have read, Solaris is the bigest pain-in-the-ass to work with involving
> shared libraries. Now, I'll freely admit I'm no expert. If I was, I
> probably could fix this damn thing myself... but I wan't to become one!
> I've got to get this shared library thing down. Here's what's happening:
>
> ns:/RAID/vpopmail/bin 117% sudo ./vconvert -c -s
> Password:
> ld.so.1: ./vconvert: fatal: libmysqlclient.so.10: open failed: No such
file
> or directory
> Killed
> ns:/RAID/vpopmail/bin 118%
>
>
> We've all seen this error before. Now, here's the part I don't
understand.
> Look at the output of :
> ns:/RAID/vpopmail/bin 118% ldd ./vconvert
> libmysqlclient.so.10 => (file not found)
> libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
> libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
> libcrypt_i.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcrypt_i.so.1
> libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libm.so.1
> libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1
> libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
> libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
> libgen.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgen.so.1
> /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-1/lib/libc_psr.so.1
> ns:/RAID/vpopmail/bin 119%
>
> There were no problems when I ./configured or make, make install. It
found
> the libaries then...
> Now, I can solve this by setting my LD_LIBRARY_PATH. That would work, but
> I've been reading that this is not a preferred method. The thing that I
> don't get, is how does the program "mysql" know where to find it's
libraries
> when it runs WITHOUT a LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Look:
> ns:/usr/local/mysql/bin 120% ldd mysql
> libcurses.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcurses.so.1
> libmysqlclient.so.10 =>
> /usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.10
> libcrypt_i.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcrypt_i.so.1
> libgen.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgen.so.1
> libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
> libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
> libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libm.so.1
> libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1
> libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
> libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
> /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-1/lib/libc_psr.so.1
>
> See, the binary "mysql" knows where to find the 'libmysqlclient.so.10'
file,
> even though I don't have LD_LIBRARY_PATH set... what compile time
options
> need to be set to make the binary have the path built into it? Is this
> something that vpopmail's ./configure script should be doing? If it did,
I
> bet we could put this whole problem to bed finally. I'd be happy to
modify
> things if I knew a little more what the heck I was doing.
>
> Any help will be MUCH appriciated!
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris Bunnell
>
>
>
