I think that'd be a link option to the Solaris linker, -R/usr/local/mysql...
Hope that helps,
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "alexus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: Solaris woos... compiling vpopmail w/mysql
> That's cool, but my question still stands... how does mysql know where to
> find it's .so files then? I don't have a LD_LIBRARY_PATH set, and yet mysql
> is able to find the .so's it needs... It must be compiled in when I built
> mysql. Now, if I could do the same thing for vpopmail during compile, it
> could find the files without the LD_LIBRARY_PATH too, just like mysql does.
> That's my goal... and once I find that change, maybe I can put it into the
> ./configure scripts for vpopmail so people don't have this problem anymore.
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alexus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 11:54 AM
> Subject: Re: Solaris woos... compiling vpopmail w/mysql
>
>
> > dude.. that's just how solaris works.. now deal with it:)
> > in solaris you *MUST* have LD_LIBRARY_PATH otherwise you'll run into many
> > problems..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "alexus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 2:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: Solaris woos... compiling vpopmail w/mysql
> >
> >
> > > Hi, thanks for the help. Like I put in my last message, I can get
> things
> > to
> > > work with a LD_LIBRARY_PATH statement, but I don't understand why I have
> > to
> > > do that. When you look at LDD for -say- mysql, you can see .so's being
> > > called, and I don't have a LD_LIBRARY_PATH set for mysql... why does it
> > > work correctly? It seems that during the compile time, you can set the
> > path
> > > so that it gets compiled into the binary. This way, at run time, it
> knows
> > > where to find the .so's. For some reason, this path isn't being put
> into
> > > the source code via ./configure. That's my guess anyway... and it's
> > > definitly a guess!
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "alexus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:51 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Solaris woos... compiling vpopmail w/mysql
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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