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Documentation task
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Resolution: Fixed
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Trivial
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4.0.16, 4.4.4, 5.0.0alpha1
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Ubuntu-based distros
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Sprint 60 (Jan 2020)
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0.25
Steps to reproduce:
- Install MySQL client 5.7.28 on an Ubuntu-based system (such as Ubuntu 18.04, Mint 18.3) without SSL dev library
- Run ./configure --enable-server --with-mysql
Result:
./configure fails with the following error:
checking size of void *... 8 checking for mysql_config... /usr/bin/mysql_config checking for main in -lmysqlclient... no configure: error: Not found mysqlclient library
Even though mysqlclient library is installed ./configure fails with the misleading error message. The real reason found in config.log:
configure:8260: checking for mysql_config configure:8278: found /usr/bin/mysql_config configure:8290: result: /usr/bin/mysql_config configure:8317: checking for main in -lmysqlclient configure:8336: cc -o conftest -g -O2 -I/usr/include/mysql -rdynamic -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lmysqlclient -lpthread -lz -lm -lrt -lssl -lcrypto -ldl conftest.c -lmysqlclient -lm -ldl -lresolv >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lssl /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcrypto collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Expected:
The script should either give a clear reason for the failure, something like:
configure: error: cannot find -lssl, -lcrypto
or at least instruct how to debug the problem:
configure: error: -lmysqlclient not found or failed to link, please see config.log for additional information
