Re: Problem compiling

hi,
it's true, i used webbot with mysql and i needed to do the same that  
you explained.
I'm sending you the correct file. I use ubuntu 6.10 and webbot works  
fine. As "configure", I used:
./configure ?with-mysql=/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.a
Good luck!


Quoting OTR Comm <otrcomm@isp-systems.com>:

>
> hello,
>
> John Coppens wrote:
>>
>> Hello people.
>>
>> I've tried to compile libwww with mysql support and had a few   
>> problems. (without
>> mysql support installation went fine)
>>
>> Configure was done with  --with-mysql=/opt/mysql
>> (lib and include are below /opt/mysql)
>>
>> the configure process gave a first indication of problems:
>>
>> checking for /opt/mysql/... -L/opt -lmysql
>>
>> Which isn't correct, I think. I believe it should be   
>> -L/opt/mysql/lib -lmysql
>>
>> Compilation stopped:
>>
>> /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.   
>> -I../.. -I/usr/local/include   -I../../modules/md5       
>> -I../../modules/expat/xmlparse     
>> -DW3C_ICONS=\"/usr/local/share/w3c-libwww\"  -g -O2 -Wall -c HTSQL.c
>> .../../libtool: line 732: test: =: unary operator expected
>> rm -f .libs/HTSQL.lo
>> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/usr/local/include   
>> -I../../modules/md5 -I../../modules/expat/xmlparse   
>> -DW3C_ICONS=\"/usr/local/share/w3c-libwww\" -g -O2 -Wall -c HTSQL.c  
>>   -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/HTSQL.lo
>> In file included from HTSQL.c:19:
>> HTSQL.h:34:25: mysql/mysql.h: No such file or directory
>> In file included from HTSQL.c:19:
>> HTSQL.h:97: error: syntax error before '*' token
>> HTSQL.h:97: warning: type defaults to `int' in declaration of   
>> `HTSQL_getMysql'
>>
>> mysql/mysql.h does exist, under   /opt/mysql/include
>>
>> I'm no expert programmer, but I did compile a few apps (including   
>> some of my own)
>> with mysql without problems...
>
> i am using w3c-libwww-5.4.0, what are you using?
>
> in w3c-libwww-5.4.0, HTSQL.c, HTSQL.h, and HTSQLLog.c are incorrect.
> they need to be hacked!
>
> if you look in Library/src off the base directory of your distribution
> of w3c-libwww, you will find HTSQL.c, HTSQL.h, and HTSQLLog.c
>
> check to see if HTSQL.c uses mysql_connect or mysql_real_connect, if
> 'mysql_connect', then you need to hack the code because 'mysql_connect'
> has been eliminated from mysql. they use 'mysql_real_connect' now, and
> the syntax is different.  if you need help, write me directly
> (otrcomm@isp-systems.com), and i will guide you through how to get
> w3c-libwww compiled with mysql support.
>
> i use redhat 7.3, fedora core 4, and fedora core 5 systems and DO NOT
> install mysql at system build or with rpms or yum or apt-get. i always
> install the mysql tarball. i use mysql-4.1.15.
>
> i build mysql with:
>
> ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --with-mysqld-user=mysql
> --with-unix-socket-path=/tmp/mysql.sock
>
> so mysql gets installed in /usr/local/mysql. NOTE: adduser mysql before
> so the '--with-mysqld-user=mysql' switch makes sense :)
>
> then to get libww installed with mysql support, i use:
>
> ../configure  --with-gnu-ld
> --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a
>
> works like a charm on several systems after i hacked the code mentioned
> above!
>
>
> regards,
> murrah boswell
>
>
>